Year of Object(s) Creation: 600-1,000 years old (approximate)
Estimated Value ($USD):
Object Type(s): Statue
Object Material(s): terracotta
Provenience Nation: Mali
Provenience Location: Tenenkou, Mali
Year Removed from Findspot: 1991

Provenance
Start Year: 1998
End Year:
Circumstance of Acquisition: Negotiation
Nation: Mali
Location: Bamako Museum
Start Year: 1996
End Year: 1998
Circumstance of Acquisition: Looted and Purchased
Nation: France
Location: In the possession of Jacques Chirac
Start Year:
End Year: 1991
Circumstance of Acquisition: Placed in burial mounds
Nation: Mali
Location: Tenenkou, Mali

Malian Belier Malien


Description:
*case notes from arthemis in French

Case Status: Object(s) relinquished
Year Claim Initiated: 1996
Year Claim Resolved: 1998
Means of Resolution: Private Negotiation

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

Respondent Name: Jacques Chirac
Respondent Nation: France
Respondent Nation Economy: Developed
Respondent Type: Private: Individual

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Editor's Notes:
The University of Geneva's ArThemis project (reference in URL above) offers in-depth documentation and discussion of this dispute. The Chirac ram (1997) was returned by the French President Jacques Chirac to Mali after evidence showed it had been looted from the Tenenkou region.