Year of Object(s) Creation: 14th century BCE
Estimated Value ($USD): 800,000
Object Type(s): Gemstone, Relief, Seal
Object Material(s): beads, ceramic, Clay
Provenience Nation: Burkina Faso
Provenience Location: Ouagadougou
Year Removed from Findspot: 1992

Provenance
Start Year: 1992
End Year: 2007
Circumstance of Acquisition: Illegal smuggling
Nation: France
Location: Rouen

262 Artifacts from Burkina Faso


Description:
Assortment of artifacts, from ceramic shards to stone and bronze materials used by a 14th-century community in present-day Burkina Faso.

Case Status: Object(s) relinquished
Year Claim Initiated: 2007
Year Claim Resolved: 2008
Means of Resolution: Inquiry/Demand

Complainant Name: Government of Burkina Faso
Complainant Nation: Burkina Faso
Complainant Nation Economy: Developing
Complainant Type: Public: Government

Respondent Name: French Government
Respondent Nation: France
Respondent Nation Economy: Developed
Respondent Type: Public: Government

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Editor's Notes:
WHERE ARE THEY NOW? Many of the artifacts are exhibited at the National Museum of Burkina Faso in Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso. Edited by JS * The attached image is not of the artifacts discussed in this entry; rather, the image is a site where many of the ceramic fragments were stolen.*