Museum Wiesbaden to Return 10 Skulls to Indonesia at a Ceremony on November 10, in What Hesse's Culture Ministry Calls a First Return of Human Remains by a German Museum to Indonesia
Wiesbaden — Museum Wiesbaden plans to return 10 human skulls from the Dutch colonial era to Indonesia at a ceremony on November 10, Hesse's culture ministry said. The handover was still forthcoming when it was reported on November 4.
The remains were part of the collection of military physician Ernst Albert Fritze and reached Wiesbaden in the 19th century. The ministry said the planned return is part of efforts by Hesse's state institutions to examine their collections for unlawful colonial-era acquisitions and take responsibility for their history.
The connection to Fritze does not establish the remains' precise origins. The German Lost Art Foundation says their provenance remains unclear, and its research project aims to learn more about where they came from and how they should be handled. Museum curator Andy Reymann has researched the collection's origins for several years.
On June 7, 2023, the museum returned a Toi Moko, a prepared ancestral skull from New Zealand in Fritze's collection, to a Maori and Moriori delegation.
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