‘Our forefathers are coming back’: Naga people celebrate after Oxford museum agrees to return remains
The Pitt Rivers Museum in Oxford is returning 39 pieces of human remains belonging to the Naga tribes after six years of negotiations. Photograph: Pitt Rivers MuseumView image in fullscreenThe Pitt Rivers Museum in Oxford is returning 39 pieces of human remains belonging to the Naga tribes after six years of negotiations. Most of the collection was “coercively” acquired by the colonial administrators James Philip Mills and John Henry Hutton.View image in fullscreenProf Dolly Kikon, a Naga anthropologist (kneeling, centre, in a red scarf) with other Naga delegates and museum staff.
- ▪The Pitt Rivers Museum in Oxford is returning 39 pieces of human remains belonging to the Naga tribes after six years of negotiations.
- ▪Photograph: Pitt Rivers MuseumView image in fullscreenThe Pitt Rivers Museum in Oxford is returning 39 pieces of human remains belonging to the Naga tribes after six years of negotiations.
- ▪Most of the collection was “coercively” acquired by the colonial administrators James Philip Mills and John Henry Hutton.View image in fullscreenProf Dolly Kikon, a Naga anthropologist (kneeling, centre, in a red scarf) with other Naga dele
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The Pitt Rivers Museum in Oxford is returning 39 pieces of human remains belonging to the Naga tribes after six years of negotiations. Photograph: Pitt Rivers MuseumView image in fullscreenThe Pitt Rivers Museum in Oxford is returning 39 pieces of human remains belonging to the Naga tribes after six years of negotiations. Photograph: Pitt Rivers MuseumGlobal development‘Our forefathers are coming back’: Naga people celebrate after Oxford museum agrees to return remains Following six years of talks, Pitt Rivers Museum will return body parts collected by British colonial administrators to north-east IndiaSupported byAbout this contentTora AgarwalaThu 10 Sep 2026 07.00 EDTLast modified on Thu 10 Sep 2026 07.06 EDTSharePrefer the Guardian on GoogleAnthropologists and community leaders from…
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