Year of Object(s) Creation: 600-1,000 years old (approximate)
Estimated Value ($USD):
Object Type(s): Statue
Object Material(s): terracotta
Provenience Nation: Mali
Provenience Location: Tenenkou, Mali
Year Removed from Findspot: 1991

Provenance
Start Year: 1998
End Year:
Circumstance of Acquisition: Negotiation
Nation: Mali
Location: Bamako Museum
Start Year: 1996
End Year: 1998
Circumstance of Acquisition: Looted and Purchased
Nation: France
Location: In the possession of Jacques Chirac
Start Year:
End Year: 1991
Circumstance of Acquisition: Placed in burial mounds
Nation: Mali
Location: Tenenkou, Mali

Malian Belier Malien


Description:
*case notes from arthemis in French

Case Status: Object(s) relinquished
Year Claim Initiated: 1996
Year Claim Resolved: 1998
Means of Resolution: Private Negotiation

Complainant Name: Government of Mali
Complainant Nation: Mali
Complainant Nation Economy: Developing
Complainant Type: Public: Government

Respondent Name: Jacques Chirac
Respondent Nation: France
Respondent Nation Economy: Developed
Respondent Type: Private: Individual

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Editor's Notes:
The University of Geneva's ArThemis project (reference in URL above) offers in-depth documentation and discussion of this dispute. Edited by Tali Maximon