The Pros and Cons of Repatriation

If you were advising the British Museum on this issue, what would you say? I would advise them, this is not a great moment to make this decision. This may be a decision for your successor. You inherited this thing, whatever its provenance. It lasts a long time. The great pieces of Benin are mostly made between about 1450 and 1650. They've outlived people, kingdom, civilizations,. And they come with their own obligations of continuity with whoever happens to own them at any given moment.