Year of Object(s) Creation: 900 C.E.
Estimated Value ($USD): 700,000
Object Type(s): Carving, Religious artifact
Object Material(s): sandstone, stone
Provenience Nation: Thailand
Provenience Location: Northeastern Thailand
Year Removed from Findspot: 1950 (approximate)

Provenance
Start Year: 2021
End Year:
Circumstance of Acquisition: Returned to Thailand by Homeland Security Investigations in a commemoration ceremony
Nation: Thailand
Location:
Start Year: 1966
End Year: 2021
Circumstance of Acquisition: Acquired by the Asian Art Museum
Nation: United States
Location: San Francisco
Start Year: 1960 (approximate)
End Year: 1966
Circumstance of Acquisition: Acquired by Avery Brundage (A collector in galleries in London and Paris) in the 1960s
Nation: 2 or more respondent nations
Location:
Start Year: 1950 (approximate)
End Year: 1960 (approximate)
Circumstance of Acquisition: Allegedly stolen from two Khmer-era sanctuaries during the late 1950s or early 1960s
Nation:
Location:

2 Thai Lintels


Description:
San Francisco's Asian Art Museum returned 2 hand-carved sandstone lintels (structural components from 9th- and 10th-century religious sanctuaries in Northeastern Thailand). In 2017, United States Homeland Security Investigations began an investigation into these allegedly stolen Thai lintels and facilitated their return in 2021.

Case Status: Object(s) relinquished
Year Claim Initiated: 2017
Year Claim Resolved: 2021
Means of Resolution: Action by Respondent's Govt.

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

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

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Edited by Keli Fisher