Indigenous South Americans Team Up With British Museum To Study Objects Taken By Early Colonists

Yahgan artist Claudia González Vidal presents her contemporary woven baskets next to those that have been in the British Museum's collections for more than 150 years. Indigenous representatives from Tierra del Fuego have begun a partnership with the British Museum to study objects taken by early colonists and explorers with the hope of them eventually being returned. (Matthew Newby, SWNS/Zenger)

Indigenous South Americans have teamed up with the British Museum to study objects taken by early colonists – with the hope of them eventually being returned.

Delegates from the Yahgan and Kawéskar communities visited London, the United Kingdom’s capital, last month to study the artifacts for the first time.