Changing Perspectives

The Pitt Rivers Museum…

…is a footprint of colonialism.

…can be a space of resistance, reconciliation and redress

 

Sculpture of the colonial officer B.J.A. Matthews [1981.12.1] by a Nigerian carver

 

Sculpture of Colonial Officer B. J. A. Matthews [1981.12.1]

 

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Thank you to Dr Ashley Coutu, Research Fellow at the Pitt Rivers Museum and Dougal Lott, sound engineer, for voicing and producing the audio.