A total of 136 cultural objects from two separate US-based collections were returned in Los Angeles this week.
The return of two collections of culturally significant objects have taken place in Los Angeles this week. Both returns were facilitated by the Australian Institute of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Studies as part of their Return of Cultural Heritage program. 20 culturally significant items were handed back to the Warumungu Community, Tennant Creek in the Northern Territory, in a ceremony at the Fowler Museum at UCLA on Wednesday.
, Leonard Hill called the return, the largest from a private collection under the RoCH program, a momentous occasion. "This return underscores the importance of building respectful, productive, and collaborative relationships with collectors to ensure that cultural material is returned to those that can best care for it," he said. The
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