I understand, but I find it concerning that someone who has artworks in their custody would manage to lose some of them, if only a few. I understand that these indigenous artworks were lent to government offices, but the fact that there was no mechanism for recording them gives me the impression that they were not assigned any value and they were lent to someone who needed them to decorate a wall because nobody knew what to do with them.
When the truth and reconciliation process emerged, we suddenly started assigning importance to first nations heritage. That was when it was found that 132 artworks had been lost from a collection that was in our custody. People seem to be satisfied that 12 have been located, but that leaves 120. Despite this, we are told it is not very serious because it is a small part of a $14 million collection.
So I have a lot of questions, and what I am learning today is much more concerning than I was expecting. In addition, we are told that in most cases, the last location of the artworks in question is known, but they have not been located. I don't understand that sentence. I would like you to help me understand it.
How can you say that you don't know where something is and it isn't where it was the last time, but it hasn't been lost? Enlighten me a bit.