1983 Coroma Textiles
1983 Coroma Textiles

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Object Type(s): Apparel, Textile
Object Material(s): fabric/cloth, ink or dye, wool
Provenience Nation: Bolivia
Provenience Location: Village of Coroma, Bolivia
Year Removed from Findspot: 1970 (approximate)

Provenance

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Circumstance of Acquisition: Alleged looting
Nation: Bolivia
Location: Bolivia

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Circumstance of Acquisition: Sale
Nation: United States
Location: San Francisco, California

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Circumstance of Acquisition: Sale
Nation: Canada
Location: Truro, Nova Scotia

Start Year: 1992
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Circumstance of Acquisition: Sanctioned
Nation: Bolivia
Location: Village of Coroma

Bolivian Coroma Textiles


Description:
Coroma Textiles

Case Status: Some objects relinquished
Year Claim Initiated: 1988
Year Claim Resolved: 1993
Means of Resolution: Litigation

Complainant Name: Government of Bolivia
Complainant Nation: Bolivia
Complainant Nation Economy: In Transition
Complainant Type: Public: Government

Respondent Name: Roger Cornelius Russell Yorke
Respondent Nation: Canada
Respondent Nation Economy: Developed
Respondent Type: Private: Individual

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Editor's Notes:
48 Coroma textiles were repatriated to Bolivia in September 1992 and in 2002 474 objects were seized from Yorke's residence and returned to Bolivia by the Canadian government of which 42 were stolen from q'epis