Cameroonian Tangue Figurehead

Description:

Case Status: Object(s) not relinquished
Year Claim Initiated: 1990 (approximate)
Year Claim Resolved:
Means of Resolution: Inquiry/Demand

Complainant Name: Prince Kum'a Ndumbe III (Unofficial heir of Lock Priso)
Complainant Nation: Cameroon
Complainant Nation Economy: Developing
Complainant Type: Private: Individual

Respondent Name: Museum Fünf Kontinente (Five Continents Museum)
Respondent Nation: Germany
Respondent Nation Economy: Developed
Respondent Type: Public: Institution

Reference Links:

https://www.dw.com/en/colonial-art-the-case-of-a-piece-stolen-from-cameroon/a-54783942

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Editor's Notes:

Clarification Notes . The Tangue adorned a 19th-century royal vessel. . The Tangue, now in Munich's Museum Fünf Kontinente, was rediscovered in the 1990s, but the case remains unresolved. . The case remains unresolved because Prince Kum'a Ndumbe III has shown interest in reclaiming the Tangue, but, although he is Lock Priso's grandson, he is not necessarily the official successor of Lock Priso. In contrast, the official head of the Bele Bele family, Paul Mbappe, has barely shown interest in reclaiming the Tangue. Edited by Keli Fisher