2015 Two Olmec Wood Head Carvings
2015 Two Olmec Wood Head Carvings

Year of Object(s) Creation: ~1200 B.C.
Estimated Value ($USD): 106000
Object Type(s):
Object Material(s): wood
Provenience Nation: Mexico
Provenience Location:
Year Removed from Findspot: 1986

Provenance
Start Year: 1986
End Year: 2015
Circumstance of Acquisition:
Nation: Mexico
Location: El Manatí, Mexico; Leonardo Patterson, Munich

2 Mexican Olmec Wood Head Carvings


Description:
Two Ancient Olmec Wood Head Carvings

Case Status: Object(s) relinquished
Year Claim Initiated: 2015
Year Claim Resolved: 2015
Means of Resolution: Litigation

Complainant Name: Government of Mexico
Complainant Nation: Mexico
Complainant Nation Economy: In Transition
Complainant Type: Public: Government

Respondent Name: Leonardo Patterson
Respondent Nation: Germany
Respondent Nation Economy: Developed
Respondent Type: Private: Individual

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Editor's Notes:
The two Olmec carvings were returned to Mexico as part of a larger sentence by a Munich court against Patterson, who is facing additional claims by Mexico, Peru, and Ecuador for the return of many other purportedly stolen and smuggled antiquities.