An ivory-bleaching yard in Tempelhof, the same firm that fed Benin bronzes into Berlin. Colonial trade turned elephants and communities' sacred objects alike into commodities. Exhibitions that trace that chain, back to where the things came from, are the memory work that counts.
Decolonial MemoriesDekolonial Erinnern in Berlin-Tempelhof: Faszinierende Ausstellung des Museums @batempschbg.bsky.social zur Produktion von Elfenbeinware aus kolonialen Quellen. Fabrikant Francke hat auch Benin-Bronzen an @kulturspk.bsky.social geliefert. h/t RM* via @rbb24.de www.rbb24.de/kultur/beitr...