At the request of an Adivasi indigenous community, Sri Lankan artist Deneth Piumakshi Veda Arachchige is campaigning for the return of colonial cultural artifacts and human remains held in Basel’s museums. Amid archives, government offices, and closed museum doors, a debate is unfolding over ownership, memory, and historical responsibility—while the Wanniyala Aththo community awaits the return of the human remains of its ancestors.
