The magnificent boat : the colonial theft of a South Seas cultural treasure /

Götz Aly pens a forgotten chapter in the history of empire through the chronicle a single object, a majestic fifteen-meter boat, looted from Papua New Guinea during a German colonial expedition and since displayed in Berlin museums. While arguing for the vessel's repatriation, Aly restores atte...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author:	Aly, Götz, 1947- (Author)
Other Authors:	Chase, Jefferson S. (Translator)
Format:	Book
Language:	English
Language Notes:	Translated from the German.
Published:	Cambridge, Massachusetts : Belknap Press of Harvard University Press, [2023].
Subjects:	Luf-Boot (Boat) Cultural property > Destruction and pillage > Germany. Cultural property > Destruction and pillage > Papua New Guinea. Boats and boating > Papua New Guinea > History. Papua New Guinea > Antiquities.

Table of Contents:

The Scene of the Crime : German New Guinea
With Pastor Aly's Blessings
The Luf Boat as Museum Attraction
The 1882 Luf Massacre
"Bastian's Network" of Thieves
Deception, Larceny, and Looting
Curators, Crusaders, and Cannons
Ethnology, Child of Colonialism
The Luf Boat Comes to Berlin
An Artifact of an Ancient Culture
Islands Stripped Bare
Where Does the Luf Boat Belong?