Ghosts of the British Museum : a true story of colonial loot and restless objects
Angell, Noah, 1980-2024
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What if the British Museum isn't a house of learning, but a vast sinkhole of still-bubbling historic injustice? What if it presents us not with a carefully ordered cross section of history but is instead a palatial trophy cabinet of colonial loot swarming with volatile and errant spirits? When artist and writer Noah Angell first heard murmurs of ghostly sightings at the British Museum he had to find out more. What started as a trickle soon became a landslide as staff old and new, from guards of formidable build to respected curators, brought forth testimonies of their inexplicable supernatural encounters. It became clear that the source of the disturbances was related to the Museum's contents - unquiet objects, holy plunder, and restless human remains protesting their enforced stay within the colonial collection's cases, cabinets and deep underground vaults.
Main title:
Ghosts of the British Museum : a true story of colonial loot and restless objects / Noah Angell ; with illustrations by Hendrik Wittkopf.
Author:
Angell, Noah, 1980-, authorWittkopf, Hendrik, illustrator
Imprint:
London : Monoray, 2024.
Collation:
xxii, 232 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm
Notes:
Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:
9781800961340 (hbk. :)
Language:
English
Subject:
BRN:
2683934