Grumblings about the British Museum, Colombian gold, and looting in public display.
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Looting Río Azul and “looting” the Detroit Institute of Arts
Posted on 27 July 2013
The controversy surrounding the bankruptcy of the city of Detroit
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Sad comments by Cleveland Museum curator: A looted Wari pouch ‘symbolizes the entire exhibition’
Posted on 6 November 2012
Remember that unprovenienced and underprovenanced Wari hide pouch
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Replica Monuments and Warrior Queens in Guatemala
Posted on 13 October 2012
I was delighted to hear that David Friedel, Juan Carlos Pérez, and their team have discovered a tomb at El Perú-Waka’
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More on pouches, pots, and my skewed perceptions
Posted on 18 August 2012
Thinking more about yesterday’s Wari pouch post
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Other antiquities on the Cleveland Museum website!
Posted on 17 August 2012
Lately the interwebs have been abuzz with news of the Cleveland Museum acquiring a Roman portrait head and a Maya pot
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Gold monkey head finally going back to Perú
Posted on 13 December 2011
The New Mexico History Museum has just announced that is is returning a particularly dubious (and well known) artifact to Perú.
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Provenience Curation? The MFA’s response and responsibility
Posted on 12 December 2011
The Boston Globe has published an article on the Museum of Fine Arts