In Parts 1 and 2, we heard about the legal travails of Treasure Salvors, Inc., who found and salvaged the wreck of the Nuestra Senora de Atocha. But the curse of curios-in-curiae didn’t end there: even buying, owning, selling, or donating Atocha artifacts had legal ramifications.
This is me in 1994 with treasure hunter Mel Fisher, who salvaged the wreck of the Spanish treasure ship Nuestra Senora de Atocha. Mrs. Fisher customarily took pictures like these whenever a visitor to their Treasure Museum (now the Mel Fisher Maritime Heritage Museum) in Key West* bought a gold 8-reale coin […]
Appropriation of minority religious or other cultural images by outsiders - often, though not always, as a status symbol or fashion statement - is a sharpening point of controversy in some parts of the world. People from the originating cultures are upset for any or all of a number of reasons:
Some images are traditionally […]
Should Living Human Beings Ever Be Cultural Property? [12.08.07] Subsection Arrr: Did pirates really have Codes? [15.07.07] For US Independence Day: Thanks, Haudenosaunee [04.07.07] Your 15MB of Fame: Schlemiels, Schlimazels, and Schadenfreude [06.06.07] For Memorial Day: Cross Purposes in San Diego [28.05.07] Send In the “GIs”: The U.S. Defends its Vinous Territory [23.05.07] For National Maritime Day: Whose Turf is Under the Surf? [22.05.07] Curse of the Atocha Part 3: Collateral Damage [22.05.07] (Woo-hoo, my favorite part!)
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