The national museum, Te Papa, is preparing for the return of heads and skulls belonging to 60 Maori and Moriori, the indigenous people of the Chatham Islands, marking the second-largest repatriation in its history, the New Zealand Herald reports . The trade in indigenous peoples' remains was rife through the 19th Century, despite being officially banned in 1831, largely due to a Western fascination with "exotic" cultures, the museum says