Returning a 170-year-old preserved lizard to Jamaica is a step toward redressing colonial harms, say researchersFigure 9 from Hans Sloane’s ‘A Voyage to the Islands Madera, Barbados, Nieves, S. Christophers and Jamaica,’ vol. 2 appears to be the Jamaican giant galliwasp, based on Sloan’s text notes. Credit:Museums often celebrate new acquisitions, especially something rare or historic.
The Indian gray mongoose quickly became a major threat to numerous species, including the Jamaican giant galliwasp. It remains a key adversary today in the struggle to stabilize the population of theCeleste is the first natural history specimen to be formally repatriated to the Caribbean, but not the first object. In 2009, the British Museum returned theto the Institute of Jamaica, which had loaned them in 1920 to support preparation of a book on Jamaican plants.
While largely symbolic, Celeste's return acknowledges how colonialism facilitated multiple forms of plunder with lasting consequences, and shows the need for decolonization in. Rather than sitting in storage, Celeste has returned to Jamaica to be a centerpiece in the story of Jamaican environmental history.: Returning a 170-year-old preserved lizard to Jamaica is a step toward redressing colonial harms, say researchers retrieved 4 June 2024 from https://phys.