Regarding repatriation of cultural objects or material culture, are they cultural objects or just tools used by society and discarded as rubbish due to wear and tear through use?. Didn’t the cultural institutions in Europe and America collect rubbish and garbage from Africa, and recycled it in accordance to their parameters of knowledge to seem it precious?. Aren't we obsessed with garbage or rubbish in western museums from cultural dumping grounds of Africa some without any identity and provenance? . Is it rubbish, how special is this rubbish if it is rubbish?
All the answers to the three questions are yes, yes and yes. Every object represents culture, every object was created by something and belonged to something or more than one thing and once the object has been used, no matter what the reason, it is garbage. There is no possibility here of observing high or low culture since the total material expressions of culture represent the complete picture of primary intellectuals, consumers and changing or fixed usage practices.
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