What I have read - in a book looking at three different regions colonized by Europeans - was that British scientists were working on the island of Tasmania during the 19th Century attempting to find evidence of, and prove, white superiority through the processes of evolution. Apparently, looking at fossil and human skeletal records.
When the last Tasmanian man died a number of whites raided his casket tearing the corpse apart to take souvenirs. One British scientist took skin from the corpse and made a tobacco pouch out of it.
Are lamp shades and tobacco pouches made out of human skin works of art?
If not why?
If yes why?
What about leather seats and upholstery in luxury cars made out of non-human animal skins?