Hawaii Artifact dispute question? NEW UPDATE Page 5 - General Tiki

S Swanky Tiki Socialite Hapa Haole Hideaway, Knoxville, TN Joined: Apr 03, 2002 Posts: 5398	S Swanky Posted posted on Sat, Sep 27, 2003 12:08 AM Keep it in the museum. I have pieces in my own home that the natives would not think of as art or to be studied. that does not mean my Kororgo Village Orator Table should be thrown back the ditch it was drawn from. The cultures do not always realize the value of their works at the time. A good example. The Mai Kai. They have almost nothing of the things we collect. Postcards? they got rid of them as fast as possible and made new ones. Now we buy them at high prices. And they wish they had them. Just because a culture does not want their objects held up as museum pieces does not mean they should not be. The Cathedrals of the Roman Catholic Church are the same. We must preserve them regardless of the the natives cries. IN 100 years, they will be thankfull.

Keep it in the museum. I have pieces in my own home that the natives would not think of as art or to be studied. that does not mean my Kororgo Village Orator Table should be thrown back the ditch it was drawn from. The cultures do not always realize the value of their works at the time.

A good example. The Mai Kai. They have almost nothing of the things we collect. Postcards? they got rid of them as fast as possible and made new ones. Now we buy them at high prices. And they wish they had them.

Just because a culture does not want their objects held up as museum pieces does not mean they should not be. The Cathedrals of the Roman Catholic Church are the same.

We must preserve them regardless of the the natives cries. IN 100 years, they will be thankfull.

Post #52909 by Swanky on Sat, Sep 27, 2003 12:08 AM