Aboriginal community co-curates exhibition at Manchester Museum as part of repatriation process - Museums Association Ongoing collaboration formed after museum returned 174 objects to Warnindilyakwa people in 2023

The museum opened a new exhibition co-curated by the #Anindilyakwa to whom it repatriated 174 #CulturalHeritage objects in 2023 - the first time a British museum returned #Aboriginal material beyond sacred & ceremonial objects:

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Indigenous Australian shell dolls let out for children’s play at UK museum Twelve dadikwakwa-kwa given to Manchester Museum on condition they are not permanently kept behind glass

12 dadikwakwa-kwa #ShellDolls, traditionally used to teach kinship, literacy, numeracy & women’s health given by #Indigenous Australian #Anindilyakwa community to #ManchesterMuseum on one condition: that children play with them once a year.

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