Year of Object(s) Creation:
Estimated Value ($USD):
Object Type(s): Sculpture
Object Material(s): metal
Provenience Nation: Peru
Provenience Location: MocheSiteofSipán
Year Removed from Findspot: 1987

Provenance
Start Year: 1987
End Year:
Circumstance of Acquisition: Alleged looting
Nation: Peru
Location: Moche Site of Sipán
Start Year: 1987
End Year:
Circumstance of Acquisition:
Nation: United States
Location: Museum of New Mexico in Santa Fe

Peruvian Moche Artifacts


Description:
Moche Artifacts

Case Status: Object(s) not relinquished
Year Claim Initiated: 1989
Year Claim Resolved: 2011
Means of Resolution: Litigation

Complainant Name: Peru
Complainant Nation: Peru
Complainant Nation Economy: In Transition
Complainant Type: Public: Government

Respondent Name: Benjamin Johnson
Respondent Nation: United States
Respondent Nation Economy: Developed
Respondent Type: Private: Individual

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Editor's Notes:
Sources:
https://plone.unige.ch/art-adr/cases-affaires/89-moche-artifacts-2013-peru-v-johnson; https://coast.noaa.gov/data/Documents/OceanLawSearch/Government%20of%20Peru%20v.%20Johnson,%20720%20F.%20Supp.%20810%20(C.D.%20Cal.%201989).pdf