TY - JOUR AU - Kupiainen, Jari PY - 2009/05/01 Y2 - 2024/03/28 TI - Varastettu museo, varastettu perinne – kysymyksiä kulttuuriperinnön suojaamisesta Melanesiassa JF - Elore JA - elore VL - 16 IS - 1 SE - Teemanumeron artikkelit DO - 10.30666/elore.78779 UR - https://journal.fi/elore/article/view/78779 SP - AB - The article explores the issue of recent burglaries in the Solomon Islands National<br />Museum (SINM) in the aftermath of an armed ethnic conflict in the country (1999–<br />2003), which eventually resulted in the military occupation of the Solomon Islands<br />by neighbouring countries (esp. Australia). The author studied and documented the<br />SINM collections in 1996, 1998, and in 2007, when the museum staff was videointerviewed.<br />The article investigates aspects of local artefact trade and analyses the<br />present situation and context of the stolen artefacts in the international art market.<br />The text concludes with notes on the differences between the concepts of culture and<br />tradition and the concept of kastom, and locates the SINM within these discourses. ER -