In this era of
controversies over the legitimacy or otherwise of acquisition of art pieces,
particularly of African origin, by museums in the west, it does appear that
someone has decided to take an easy way out by being an anonymous donor.
This much sources in the U.S. have revealed
few days ago about what was described as “dropped off” of African
artefacts at Goodwill stores in
Washington State by “anonymous donor”.
Well, the art pieces are not exactly the high
profile kind in the provenance context as the Benin artefacts that got Museums of Fine
Arts (MFA), Boston, into heated legitimacy issue last year and recently.
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| One of the artefacts displayed |
The Goodwill mystery artefacts include sculptures and other objects trace to Cameroon, Tanzania, Congo and Mozambique origins.
A source from the not-for profit Goodwill facility was quoted as saying “We don’t know if they knew the value of the art. We would assume not because they just left it with one of our retail stores with nothing special”.
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