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Review of Dan Hicks, The Brutish Museums: The Benin Bronzes, Colonial Violence and Cultural Restitution. 345 pp. Pluto Press, 2020.

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Review of Dan Hicks, The Brutish Museums: The Benin Bronzes, Colonial Violence and Cultural Restitution. 345 pp. Pluto Press, 2020.

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  21 January 2022

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International Journal of Cultural Property , Volume 28 , Issue 4 , November 2021 , pp. 575 - 586
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