Mana often refers to spiritual power or sacred force, and is normally held by and within people, belongings, land, culture, and much more. Mana is inheritable and transmissible. It can be gained and lost. The mana of a person promotes authority and place within a social group. The use and description of the term ‘mana’ range widely.
In museum contexts, a life force held within ancestral belongings (artefacts, objects) can be described as having mana. In cases where belongings were obtained through prejudiced means, it can be seen as a loss of mana. The restoration of mana is made possible through reparative actions.
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