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Object Type(s): Religious artifact, Sculpture, Statue
Object Material(s): bronze, metal, silver
Provenience Nation: 2 or more provenience nations
Provenience Location: Cambodia and Thailand
Year Removed from Findspot: 1970 (approximate)

Provenance
Start Year: 2023
End Year:
Circumstance of Acquisition: Returned to Cambodia and Thailand
Nation: 2 or more respondent nations
Location:
Start Year: 1983
End Year: 2023
Circumstance of Acquisition: Starting from 1983, Douglas A.J. Latchford gave or sold these artifacts to the Metropolitan Museum of Art
Nation: United States
Location: New York
Start Year: 1970 (approximate)
End Year: 1983
Circumstance of Acquisition: Allegedly looted from Cambodia during the 1970s
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Location:

16 Khmer-Era Artifacts


Description:
The Metropolitan Museum of Art is in the process of returning 14 artifacts to Cambodia and 2 artifacts to Thailand. Among the artifacts are a 10th-century bronze Head of Avalokiteshvara, and a bronze figure with silver inlay, Bodhisattva Avalokiteshvara.

Case Status: Object(s) relinquished
Year Claim Initiated: 2023 (approximate)
Year Claim Resolved: 2023
Means of Resolution: Action by Complainant's Govt.

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

Respondent Name: Metropolitan Museum of Art
Respondent Nation: United States
Respondent Nation Economy: Developed
Respondent Type: Public: Institution

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Edited by Keli Fisher