Valuable sticks

Tim Simmons · 21st April 2006, 09:17 PM

It is very easy to sure of yourself when you hold all of the cards, and have the cultural and civil service background to manage a collection of your ill gotten gains. The people the artifacts were taken from often struggle to provide clean water. Okay that could be a political problem but does not get away from the fact their heritage was plundered, a bit like stealing the bill of rights. What if the British had stolen the aforementioned. Tim

Andrew · 21st April 2006, 10:43 PM

Should we separate objects of extraordinary cultural significance (i.e. Tim's Bill of Rights example) from more common things?

One man (culture's) treasure may be only a collectible to another. However, the Bill of Rights is, arguably, the most important document in US history.

Tim Simmons · 22nd April 2006, 10:27 AM

Exactly. I mean no disrespect in using that as an example. The royal palace treasures of some of the before mentioned west African countries could be seen in the same light. Some of these artifacts are in fairly ordinary peoples collections. Something to chew on. I am not giving any of my humble collection away

untill I am gone

.

Tim Simmons · 22nd April 2007, 08:10 PM

I found this stuff about the sticks and the man who took them. The whole thing is not nice. How these stick were singled out is a mystery to me. Perhaps the alleged dastardly nature of there taking is true. makes me wonder about some of my sticks. Ineresting that there is meaning to the shapes.
http://msn-list.te.verweg.com/2006-April/004927.html

21st April 2006, 09:17 PM	#1
Tim Simmons Member Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: What is still UK Posts: 5,875	It is very easy to sure of yourself when you hold all of the cards, and have the cultural and civil service background to manage a collection of your ill gotten gains. The people the artifacts were taken from often struggle to provide clean water. Okay that could be a political problem but does not get away from the fact their heritage was plundered, a bit like stealing the bill of rights. What if the British had stolen the aforementioned. Tim

21st April 2006, 10:43 PM	#2
Andrew Member Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: USA Posts: 1,725	Should we separate objects of extraordinary cultural significance (i.e. Tim's Bill of Rights example) from more common things? One man (culture's) treasure may be only a collectible to another. However, the Bill of Rights is, arguably, the most important document in US history.

22nd April 2006, 10:27 AM	#3
Tim Simmons Member Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: What is still UK Posts: 5,875	Exactly. I mean no disrespect in using that as an example. The royal palace treasures of some of the before mentioned west African countries could be seen in the same light. Some of these artifacts are in fairly ordinary peoples collections. Something to chew on. I am not giving any of my humble collection away untill I am gone .

22nd April 2007, 08:10 PM	#4
Tim Simmons Member Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: What is still UK Posts: 5,875	I found this stuff about the sticks and the man who took them. The whole thing is not nice. How these stick were singled out is a mystery to me. Perhaps the alleged dastardly nature of there taking is true. makes me wonder about some of my sticks. Ineresting that there is meaning to the shapes. http://msn-list.te.verweg.com/2006-April/004927.html