Human remainsClaims on Human Remains in the British Museum: 1995-2007
From 1995 until the passing of the Human Tissue Act into law, there were six approaches to the British Museum from organisations making claims against human remains in the Museum collection.
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Date |
Claimant Body |
Material claimed |
|---|---|---|
|
November 1997 |
Tasmanian Aboriginal Centre |
Two cremation ash bundles from Tasmania |
|
1997-98 |
Haida Nation band council |
Human skull |
|
November 1998 |
Te Papa/Museum of New Zealand |
Maori Tatooed heads (mokomokai) |
|
August 2001 |
Tasmanian Aboriginal Centre Repeat Request |
Two cremation ash bundles from Tasmania |
|
December 2001 |
Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Commission (ATSIC – defunct Australian government agency) |
Australian human remains |
|
May 2002 |
Tasmanian Aboriginal Centre Repeat Request |
Two cremation ash bundles from Tasmania |
Since the relevant section 47 of the Human Tissue Act came into force in 2005, the Museum has received one approach which will be considered by Trustees pending receipt of a final independent report, in accordance with the Trustees’ Human Remains policy. Download the policy (pdf)
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Date |
Claimant Body |
Material claimed |
|---|---|---|
|
July 2005 |
Tasmanian Aboriginal Centre in association with the Australian government |
Two cremation ash bundles from Tasmania |
NB four of the seven claims listed above have been made by or with the Tasmanian Aboriginal Centre, submitting repeat requests for the same material.
For further information on any of these claims please contact the Museum at collectionenquiries@britishmuseum.org