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Ivory: museum dilemma

The British Museum in London.
The Trustees of the British Museum

MADAM – News that the British Museum is to accept the donation of more than 500 Chinese ivory figures from the Sir Victor Sassoon collection, mainly from the 18th and 19th centuries, is to be welcomed… to a degree!

My concern lies with the statement by museum director, Dr Hartwig Fischer, that it “fully and unreservedly” supported banning the ivory trade worldwide.

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