University of Oxford museum is accused of 'absurd virtue signalling' after withholding images of...

Pitt Rivers Museum chiefs have added labels warning about 'cultural safety'. Another university last weekAn Oxford University museum has been criticised for withholding images of an African mask to stop women seeing it due to a tribe's beliefs.

The wooden Igbo mask has no photographs which can be seen online and its listing is captioned with the words 'must not be seen by women'. It is said to be part of a policy to ensure women do not view the mask in relation to taboos about secret ceremonies, human remains, nudity as well as gender roles.

Exeter University historian Prof Jeremy Black has criticised the museum's warnings as 'the absurdity of virtue signalling' The museum announced in 2020 it was carrying out a 'comprehensive programme of work we are doing to deeply engage with the museum’s colonial legacy'. Read More Battle of the shrunken heads: The gruesome trophies of a headhunting tribe that are an Oxford museum's star attraction could be spirited away as they come under fire from protestors A spokesperson told the Telegraph: 'These restrictions only refer to a tiny number of objects where we have received specific requests from communities.

'These changes are part of a comprehensive programme of work we are doing to deeply engage with the Museum's colonial legacy. Overall, this is one of the most pioneering approaches to decolonisation at a museum in the UK.' Otumfuo Osei Tutu II, Ghana's Asante king, is said to be keen to permanently keep the Asante gold artefacts handed over by Britain on loan at a ceremony and exhibition last WednesdayThis was among the ceremonial caps worn by courtiers at Asante royal coronations

The 1963 act prevents the British Museum from giving away anything from its collection - including the Elgin Marbles which Greece wants back - and the 1983 equivalent does the same for the V&A.

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