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The Metropolitan Museum will return 16 artifacts to Cambodia and Thailand

2023-12-26 19:45:00, Kosova & Bota CNA
The Metropolitan Museum will return 16 artifacts to Cambodia and Thailand
The artifacts being returned "date between the 9th and 14th centuries in the Angkorian period and reflect the Hindu and Buddhist religious systems that prevailed at the time," according to a press release from the Museum. The group also includes statutes from the Koh Ker archaeological site, including a 10th-century sand goddess

The Metropolitan Museum of Art recently announced that it had initiated the return of 14 sculptures to Cambodia and two to Thailand that were linked to art dealer Douglas Latchford.

The returns were the result of an agreement between the US Attorney's Office for the Southern District of New York and the Museum.

The artifacts being returned date back to between the 9th and 14th centuries in the Angkorian period and reflect the Hindu and Buddhist religious systems that prevailed at the time.

The museum has also indicated that it is continuing to review the Khmer art collection and will share information on the sculptures with officials in Cambodia and Thailand as part of that ongoing research.

Phnombootra Chandrajoti, director general of Thailand's Department of Fine Arts, called the return of the two Museum items an "important milestone" in the country's ongoing efforts to return cultural treasures./ CNA





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