Louise Tythacott is the Woon Tai Jee Professor of Asian Art at Northumbria University and was previously the Pratapaditya Pal Professor in Curating and Museology of Asian Art at the School of Oriental and African Studies, University of London. Her books include Surrealism and the Exotic, The Lives of Chinese Objects: Buddhism, Imperialism and Display, Museums and Restitution: New Practices, New Approaches, and Collecting and Displaying China's 'Summer Palace' in the West: The Yuanmingyuan in Britain and France.Panggah Ardiyansyah is an educator at Borobudur Conservation Office, Ministry of Education and Culture of the Republic of Indonesia.

A CHOICE Recommended Title: “Offering critical discussion of repatriation focused on a region heretofore not thoroughly examined, this volume will be of interest to researchers in museum studies, cultural heritage, sociology and anthropology, legal and ethical issues, decolonization, and Southeast Asian studies.”

• List of figuresForewordAcknowledgements1. Introduction: Collecting and Returning Southeast Asia's PastPart I: Artefact Ownership2. The Selling of Khmer Artefacts during the Colonial Era: Questioning the Perception of Khmer Heritage through a Study of Traded Khmer Art Pieces (1920s–1940s)3. The Looting of Koh Ker and the Return of the Prasat Chen Statues4. Who Owns Ban Chiang? The Discovery, Collection and Repatriation of Ban Chiang ArtefactsPart II: Object Biographies and Colonial Legacies5. On the Road Back to Mandalay: The Burmese Regalia – Seizure, Display and Return to Myanmar in 19646. Bridging the Missing Gaps: The Politics of Display at the Ð?ng Duong Buddhist Art Gallery7. Restitution and National Heritage: (Art) Historical Trajectories of Raden Saleh's Paintings8. Returns by the Netherlands to Indonesia in the 2010s and the 1970sPart III: Museums, Restitution, and Cultural Identities9. The Return of Cultural Property and National Identity in Postcolonial Indonesia10. Plaibat: Reclaiming Heritage, Social Media, and Modern Nationalism11. Myanmar, Museums, and Repatriation of Cultural HeritageContributorsIndex

Louise Tythacott is the Woon Tai Jee Professor of Asian Art at Northumbria University and was previously the Pratapaditya Pal Professor in Curating and Museology of Asian Art at the School of Oriental and African Studies, University of London. Her books include Surrealism and the Exotic, The Lives of Chinese Objects: Buddhism, Imperialism and Display, Museums and Restitution: New Practices, New Approaches, and Collecting and Displaying China's 'Summer Palace' in the West: The Yuanmingyuan in Britain and France.Panggah Ardiyansyah is an educator at Borobudur Conservation Office, Ministry of Education and Culture of the Republic of Indonesia.

A CHOICE Recommended Title: “Offering critical discussion of repatriation focused on a region heretofore not thoroughly examined, this volume will be of interest to researchers in museum studies, cultural heritage, sociology and anthropology, legal and ethical issues, decolonization, and Southeast Asian studies.”

• List of figuresForewordAcknowledgements1. Introduction: Collecting and Returning Southeast Asia's PastPart I: Artefact Ownership2. The Selling of Khmer Artefacts during the Colonial Era: Questioning the Perception of Khmer Heritage through a Study of Traded Khmer Art Pieces (1920s–1940s)3. The Looting of Koh Ker and the Return of the Prasat Chen Statues4. Who Owns Ban Chiang? The Discovery, Collection and Repatriation of Ban Chiang ArtefactsPart II: Object Biographies and Colonial Legacies5. On the Road Back to Mandalay: The Burmese Regalia – Seizure, Display and Return to Myanmar in 19646. Bridging the Missing Gaps: The Politics of Display at the Ð?ng Duong Buddhist Art Gallery7. Restitution and National Heritage: (Art) Historical Trajectories of Raden Saleh's Paintings8. Returns by the Netherlands to Indonesia in the 2010s and the 1970sPart III: Museums, Restitution, and Cultural Identities9. The Return of Cultural Property and National Identity in Postcolonial Indonesia10. Plaibat: Reclaiming Heritage, Social Media, and Modern Nationalism11. Myanmar, Museums, and Repatriation of Cultural HeritageContributorsIndex

Louise Tythacott is the Woon Tai Jee Professor of Asian Art at Northumbria University and was previously the Pratapaditya Pal Professor in Curating and Museology of Asian Art at the School of Oriental and African Studies, University of London. Her books include Surrealism and the Exotic, The Lives of Chinese Objects: Buddhism, Imperialism and Display, Museums and Restitution: New Practices, New Approaches, and Collecting and Displaying China's 'Summer Palace' in the West: The Yuanmingyuan in Britain and France.Panggah Ardiyansyah is an educator at Borobudur Conservation Office, Ministry of Education and Culture of the Republic of Indonesia.

A CHOICE Recommended Title: “Offering critical discussion of repatriation focused on a region heretofore not thoroughly examined, this volume will be of interest to researchers in museum studies, cultural heritage, sociology and anthropology, legal and ethical issues, decolonization, and Southeast Asian studies.”

• List of figuresForewordAcknowledgements1. Introduction: Collecting and Returning Southeast Asia's PastPart I: Artefact Ownership2. The Selling of Khmer Artefacts during the Colonial Era: Questioning the Perception of Khmer Heritage through a Study of Traded Khmer Art Pieces (1920s–1940s)3. The Looting of Koh Ker and the Return of the Prasat Chen Statues4. Who Owns Ban Chiang? The Discovery, Collection and Repatriation of Ban Chiang ArtefactsPart II: Object Biographies and Colonial Legacies5. On the Road Back to Mandalay: The Burmese Regalia – Seizure, Display and Return to Myanmar in 19646. Bridging the Missing Gaps: The Politics of Display at the Ð?ng Duong Buddhist Art Gallery7. Restitution and National Heritage: (Art) Historical Trajectories of Raden Saleh's Paintings8. Returns by the Netherlands to Indonesia in the 2010s and the 1970sPart III: Museums, Restitution, and Cultural Identities9. The Return of Cultural Property and National Identity in Postcolonial Indonesia10. Plaibat: Reclaiming Heritage, Social Media, and Modern Nationalism11. Myanmar, Museums, and Repatriation of Cultural HeritageContributorsIndex