The Return of Ancestral Hawaiian Remains Housed at the Duckworth Laboratory, the University of Cambridge

Edward Halealoha Ayau; Cressida Fforde; Alan Goodman; Gareth Knapman

doi:10.4324/9781003144953-5

The Return of Ancestral Hawaiian Remains Housed at the Duckworth Laboratory, the University of Cambridge

Edward Halealoha Ayau, Cressida Fforde, Alan Goodman, Gareth Knapman

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This chapter explores the use of craniometrics in repatriation through in-depth analysis of one case study – the repatriation of ancestral Hawaiian remains house at the Duckworth Laboratory in the University of Cambridge. The case provides insight into the use of craniometrics that occurred within one repatriation claim, revealing also how concepts of legality were influential in the eventual historic decision by the University to return. Beyond the specific context, this chapter raises questions about the utility of craniometrics and the way in which its results are communicated. It charts territory for First Nations presented by craniometric reports that may negatively influence repatriation claims and illustrates how historical research can support archival evidence in ways that do not only rely on finding additional information to increase provenance levels.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	Repatriation, Science and Identity
Editors	Cressida Fforde, Hilary Howes, Gareth Knapman, Lyndon Ormond-Parker
Place of Publication	Oxon
Publisher	Routledge
Chapter	5
Pages	102-126
Edition	1st
ISBN (Electronic)	978-1-000-98517-7, 978-1-003-14495-3
ISBN (Print)	978-0-367-70191-8, 978-0-367-70192-5
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.4324/9781003144953-5
Publication status	Published - 2023

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Name	Routledge Studies in the Repatriation and Restitution of Human Remains and Cultural Objects
Publisher	Routledge

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Ayau, E. H., Fforde, C., Goodman, A., & Knapman, G. (2023). The Return of Ancestral Hawaiian Remains Housed at the Duckworth Laboratory, the University of Cambridge. In C. Fforde, H. Howes, G. Knapman, & L. Ormond-Parker (Eds.), Repatriation, Science and Identity (1st ed., pp. 102-126). (Routledge Studies in the Repatriation and Restitution of Human Remains and Cultural Objects). Routledge. https://doi.org/10.4324/9781003144953-5

Ayau, Edward Halealoha ; Fforde, Cressida ; Goodman, Alan et al. / The Return of Ancestral Hawaiian Remains Housed at the Duckworth Laboratory, the University of Cambridge. Repatriation, Science and Identity. editor / Cressida Fforde ; Hilary Howes ; Gareth Knapman ; Lyndon Ormond-Parker. 1st. ed. Oxon : Routledge, 2023. pp. 102-126 (Routledge Studies in the Repatriation and Restitution of Human Remains and Cultural Objects).

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Ayau, EH, Fforde, C, Goodman, A & Knapman, G 2023, The Return of Ancestral Hawaiian Remains Housed at the Duckworth Laboratory, the University of Cambridge. in C Fforde, H Howes, G Knapman & L Ormond-Parker (eds), Repatriation, Science and Identity. 1st edn, Routledge Studies in the Repatriation and Restitution of Human Remains and Cultural Objects, Routledge, Oxon, pp. 102-126. https://doi.org/10.4324/9781003144953-5

The Return of Ancestral Hawaiian Remains Housed at the Duckworth Laboratory, the University of Cambridge. / Ayau, Edward Halealoha; Fforde, Cressida; Goodman, Alan et al.
Repatriation, Science and Identity. ed. / Cressida Fforde; Hilary Howes; Gareth Knapman; Lyndon Ormond-Parker. 1st. ed. Oxon: Routledge, 2023. p. 102-126 (Routledge Studies in the Repatriation and Restitution of Human Remains and Cultural Objects).

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Ayau EH, Fforde C, Goodman A, Knapman G. The Return of Ancestral Hawaiian Remains Housed at the Duckworth Laboratory, the University of Cambridge. In Fforde C, Howes H, Knapman G, Ormond-Parker L, editors, Repatriation, Science and Identity. 1st ed. Oxon: Routledge. 2023. p. 102-126. (Routledge Studies in the Repatriation and Restitution of Human Remains and Cultural Objects). doi: 10.4324/9781003144953-5

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