The child had asked the permission to bury his father in his homeland according to the Eskimo rituals, and he was told that this had been done. But the child knew later that Boaz and Wallace had lied to him because they had kept the remains of his father in the museums cellar with the remains of other extinct animals and colored people. In his book entitled Skull Wars, David Hurst Thomas, the anthropoligical expert in the museum explains Boazs attitude, saying : When I insisted on asking him why the museum is keeping the dead body of Qisuk -the father of the Eskimo child- against the wish of his family and the traditions of his people, Boaz answered me that this was a legally fully justified action because there was no one to bury the corpse and the museum has full right to it more than his people or any other institution.
Posted on: Sun, 22 Jun 2014 04:52:45 +0000
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