Consulate accepts a dozen small artworks amid worldwide movement to repatriate Indigenous items
The Albuquerque Museum Foundation celebrated the repatriation of a dozen sculptures in a ceremony on Wednesday. The local consulate of Mexico accepted Olmec greenstone sculptures, a figure from the city of Zacatecas, bowls that were buried with tombs and other clay figurines that date back thousands of years.
“We did encounter a couple people who suggested ‘Oh, you should just sell these’ ... ‘They may not be worth a ton so just keep them,’ or ‘Mexico doesn’t really care about this kind of stuff,’” Rodgers said.“We appreciate and recognize actions taken by the Albuquerque Museum Foundation to voluntarily return these archaeological pieces back to the Mexican nation,” Norma Ang Sanchez, consul of Mexico, said in a statement.
“I don’t think anybody had mal intent. I just think there was not much clarity or much transparency in that sort of a practice 30, 40, 50 years ago,” Rodgers said.and Emory University in Atlanta authenticated the objects before talking with the local Mexican consulate. When Andrés Manuel López Obrador became president of Mexico in 2018, his administration made retrieving artifacts a priority. The culture minister, Alejandra Frausto Guerrero, has tried to stop sales of cultural items at auction. The efforts spawned a social media movement called #MyHeritageIsNotForSale.
Campaigns to restore artifacts and artwork to a country or a people are happening worldwide. The US Department of the Interior is weighing changes to a federal law that ensures the repatriation of Native American remains and sacred objects. The proposed revisions include more clarity, specific deadlines and heavier penalties for violating the law.Photograph: Nora Vanesky/AP
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