The Fabulous Story of the Mummified Maori Head of Rouen Museum / Java Films.

[Place of publication not identified] : Java Films, [2013]

New York, N.Y. : Distributed by Infobase, 2015.

©2013

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The Rouen Museum has just returned a severed Maori head, which has been in its collections for 150 years, to New Zealand’s Te Papa Institute. This film reveals the story of how such heads ended up in European museums, and the Maori people's efforts to have the head returned. The storyhas its origins in the worst periods of colonial conquest, and perfectly illustrates the philosophy of relationships between the West and indigenous peoples in the 19th century.

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English

May 20, 2019

9 - 12, Academic/AP

Rouen Natural History Museum (1:23); Maori Head (1:09); Maori Head (2:04); Deciding What to Do with Head (3:12); Maori Preservation of Heads (3:04); Trade in Indigenous Heads (1:26); Authenticating Maori Head (2:53); Arranging to Return Head (1:45); Human Remains in Rouen (3:06); Government Protects National Treasure (1:38); Maori Canoe (3:06); Maori Views of Cultural Artifacts (1:07); Return of the Hottentot Venus (2:53); Movement to Return Remains (4:05); Examination of Maori Head (3:17); Return of Maori Head (1:35); Te Papa Museum (3:12); Studying Heads After Return (3:40); Interpreting Tattoos (4:53); Credits: The Fabulous Story of the Mummified Maori Head of rouen Museum (1:51); Hottentot Venus - return of human remains (4:19);

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