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Montreal Museum of Fine Arts returns Toi Moko to the Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa (Te Papa)

The Montreal Museum of Fine Arts has returned a Toi Moko to the Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa (Te Papa) in Wellington New Zealand.

The return to New Zealand of this Māori head follows a request by the indigenous māori population of New Zealand that, for the past two decades, has been making efforts to repatriate about 500 tattooed and mummified remains or heads in public and private collections around the world. – www.mbam.qc.ca