January 30, 2007
University of Aberdeen will return Maori heads
Nine tattooed Maori heads are to be returned to New Zealand by the University of Aberdeen.
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ic Renfrewshire
Maori heads returned to homeland
Jan 29 2007A collection of Maori warrior heads which have gathered dust in a British museum for nearly two centuries are being returned to their ancestral homeland.
The University of Aberdeen has agreed to repatriate the preserved human remains to New Zealand.
The nine tattooed Maori heads (toi moko) have been in the university’s Marischal Museum since the 1820s.
- Glasgow museum returns Maori heads : December 22, 2009
- UK Museum returns Maori bones to New Zealand : December 4, 2009
- France agrees to return Maori heads to New Zealand : June 12, 2010
- Scottish museum to return Maori heads : June 26, 2004
- Toi moko to return home : February 1, 2007
- Manchester Museum to return Maori remains to New Zealand : November 17, 2008
- Scotland gives up Aboriginal Skull : January 21, 2008
- Scotland to return two Maori heads : January 23, 2005