Isithsaba sase-Itiyopiya e-Albert Museum sikhombisa iMaqdala 1868, isibonakaliso sokungqinga kunye nedabi eMaqdala.UDANIEL LEAL-OLIVAS / AFP ngokusebenzisa imifanekiso kaGetty Emva kwesicelo esisesikweni nesicinezelayo esivela ku Urhulumente wase-Ethiopia Indlu yefandesi iBusby eDorset isusile izinto ezimbini, iqela labaphangi beempondo kunye nebhayibhile yesiCoptic yebhayibhile, kwincwadi yayo yefandesi. Isizathu esanikwa ngumzi wommeli wase-Ethiopia yayikukuba izinto zafunyanwa ziphangiwe yimikhosi yase-Bhritane ngexesha loMlo waseMaqdala ngo-1868, uhlaselo olubi Inqaba yebhotwe laseMaqdala kwinto eyayisaziwa njenge Abyssinia. Isicelo sommeli wozakuzo nayo ayisiyiyo eyokuqala eyenziwe ngurhulumente wase-Ethiopia ekulandeleni izinto ezilahlekileyo, uninzi lwazo olunazo ayizalisekanga .
Izinto ekuthethwa ngazo bezidwelisiwe yindlu yefandesi malunga ne- $ 700. Kwileta eyayisiya kwifandesi yaseBusby, urhulumente wase-Ethiopia wagxininisa ukuba izinto ezidwelisiweyo zimele iindawo ezibalulekileyo zesehlo esibuhlungu. Imbali yase-Ethiopia . Ngokombono karhulumente okuthengisa ezi zinto, yeyona nto ilungileyo, kwaye, okona kubi, kukuqhubekeka komjikelo wokuhluthwa okwenziwa ngabo bazokufuna ukuxhamla kwimfazwe, isicelo esivela Umzi wozakuzo ufundiwe . I-Maqdala ibaluleke ngokwenene ngokwembali ekwabelwana ngayo phakathi kwe-UK ne-Ethiopia, ke namhlanje lusuku olukhulu, isithethi esivela kwindlu yozakuzo yase-Ethiopia songeze ku uMgcini . Inyathelo elincinci.
Kunyaka ophelileyo, umzi wozakuzo wase-Ethiopia naye waqala ukuthetha Imyuziyam yaseBritane iVictoria neAlbert malunga nokubuyiswa kwezinto ezigcinwe kweli ziko ezaziphangiwe emva kwedabi laseMaqdala lowe-1868. Ezi ntshukumo zihambelana notshintsho olukhulu lwehlabathi ukuya kwimiyuziyam kunye nokubuyiselwa kwezinto zakudala eziphangiweyo kumazwe abo okuvela. Ngo-Matshi, kwavela iingxelo zokuba iJamani ibikwiingxoxo zokubuyisa iBronin bronzes eNigeria, kwaye ukubuyiswa kwezinto eziphangiwe yiFrance eBenin naseSenegal bekuyiminyaka isebenza.
