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Most claims for the repatriation of artefacts are made by newly sovereign nations, or by communities emerging from a period of domination. They dispute the legal and moral rights of former powers to remove objects from their original home. What meanings can 'repatriation' have for Tibet, which exists both as a province of China and as an exile community that has established a 'virtual' nation with a government-in-exile? This article studies some Tibetan artefacts that have been in circulation since 1959, to show the ambiguities surrounding ideas of a 'home' for such objects; in this context, removing an object from its original location can be an act of theft and of salvage. The author demonstrates how the idea of 'repatriation' is often invoked in relation to the current global circulation of Tibetan artefacts in order to make claims about legitimacy and nationhood.

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