Year of Object(s) Creation: 10th Century
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Object Material(s): stone
Provenience Nation: Cambodia
Provenience Location: SiemReap,Cambodia
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Nation: Cambodia
Location: Metropolitan Museum of Art (New York)

Cambodian Head of Shiva Statue


Description:
Sandstone: Head of Shiva - Head of Shiva

Case Status: Object(s) relinquished
Year Claim Initiated: 1997
Year Claim Resolved: 1997
Means of Resolution: Sua sponte donation

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

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

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Editor's Notes:
The Metropolitan Museum of Art is unsure how the statue came to the United States or whether it was looted or sold legally, but returned in response to the United States Government and United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization distributing catalogues of missing cultural artifacts. Image used is of similar object.