Year of Object(s) Creation: 1350 C.E. (approximate)
Estimated Value ($USD):
Object Type(s): Building, Carving, Door, Window
Object Material(s): wood
Provenience Nation: Nepal
Provenience Location: Yampi Mahavihara Temple, Patan; Itum Bahal Monastery, Kathmandu
Year Removed from Findspot: 1999 (approximate)

Provenance
Start Year: 2022
End Year:
Circumstance of Acquisition: returned by Rubin Museum
Nation: Nepal
Location: Nepalese Department of Archaeology
Start Year: 2003
End Year: 2022
Circumstance of Acquisition: purchased in private sales from anon dealers
Nation: United States
Location: Rubin Museum of Art, NY, NY

2 Nepalese Wooden Carvings


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Case Status: Object(s) relinquished
Year Claim Initiated: 2020
Year Claim Resolved: 2022
Means of Resolution: Coordinated action by Complainant & Respondent Governments

Complainant Name: Nepal Heritage Recovery Campaign (o/b/o Government of Nepal)
Complainant Nation: Nepal
Complainant Nation Economy: Developing
Complainant Type: Public: Government

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

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Editor's Notes:
Section of a wooden torana (17th c.); garland-bearing apsara once part of a window decoration (14th c.). Editor: Eliza Rodi.