title: Regarding the problem of restitution of African art pieces removed from Benin during the British military expedition of 1897: practice and legal aspects
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metadata.value: Chebanenko, Sergey B.
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metadata.value: 2021-03-04T12:15:30Z
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metadata.value: 2021-03-04T12:15:30Z
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metadata.value: 2020-12
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metadata.value: Chebanenko S. B. 2020. Regarding the problem of restitution of African art pieces removed from Benin during the British military expedition of 1897: practice and legal aspects. The Issues of Museology, 11 (2), 319–335.
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metadata.value: https://doi.org/10.21638/11701/spbu27.2020.214
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metadata.value: http://hdl.handle.net/11701/25183
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metadata.value: The question of the fate of the “Benin bronze” is part of a more general problem of the restitution
  of African art pieces exported from the continent, during the period of European
  colonial rule. The difference between the history of the looting of the monuments of the Benin
  Kingdom (the territory of modern Nigeria) by British troops from many other examples of the
  removal of original African heritage, is in the fact, that in this case there was a robbery committed
  as a result of a military conflict, both sides of which were politically independent. The
  political independence of each party, strictly speaking, does not allow for the situation to be
  considered in the system of relations “metropolis — colony”. Modern owners of Benin monuments,
  spread across a number of museums and other collections in the world, recognize the
  injustice of their acquisitions, but they do not always recognize the possibility and necessity of
  restitution of these artifacts. This is facilitated by the complexity of the history of objects after
  their exportation from Africa and the absence of, in most cases, legal grounds for their direct
  return. Recently, the situation has changed significantly, making it possible to transfer a vast
  portion of art pieces, originating from Benin, on the basis of not so much the letter of the law,
  but on the desire to restore justice.
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metadata.value: ru
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metadata.name: dc.publisher
metadata.value: St Petersburg State University
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metadata.value: The Issues of Museology;Volume 11; Issue 2
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metadata.name: dc.subject
metadata.value: Benin bronze
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metadata.name: dc.subject
metadata.value: military conflict
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metadata.name: dc.subject
metadata.value: looting
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metadata.name: dc.subject
metadata.value: cultural heritage
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metadata.name: dc.subject
metadata.value: British Museum
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metadata.value: Ethnological Museum of Berlin
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metadata.value: Nigeria
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metadata.value: restitution
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metadata.name: dc.title
metadata.value: Regarding the problem of restitution of African art pieces removed from Benin during the British military expedition of 1897: practice and legal aspects
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