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Tasmanian Aboriginals want cultural objects returned to country as TMAG holds exhibition

This kanalaritja (shell necklace) is on loan from Victoria & Albert Museum in London. (ABC News: Maren Preuss)

Members of Tasmania's Aboriginal communities are calling on international institutions to repatriate their cultural treasures, arguing "loans" are not good enough because "nobody borrows their own belongings".

The calls coincide with the presentation of the Tasmanian Museum and Art Gallery's exhibition taypani milaythina-tu: Return to Country.

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