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The Peru–Yale University dispute was a century-long conflict between the government of Peru and Yale University about the rightful ownership of Inca human remains and artifacts from Machu Picchu, an ancient Inca site high in the Peruvian Andes active c. 1420–1532.
Despite Uschuya's confession, Cabrera continued to maintain that the stones were real. His explanation for this was that the stones made by Uschuya were copies or replicas of original, real, stones so that they could be sold to tourists legally. [7] According to Cabrera, the number of fake Ica stones was very small, only about 20–40 specimens ...
The antiquities trade is the exchange of antiquities and archaeological artifacts from around the world. This trade may be illicit or completely legal. The legal antiquities trade abides by national regulations, allowing for extraction of artifacts for scientific study whilst maintaining archaeological and anthropological context.
Inca tunics and textiles contained similar motifs, often checkerboard patterns reserved for the Inca elite and the Inca army. Today, due to the unpopularity of abstract art and the lack of Inca gold and silver sculpture, the Inca are best known for the architecture – specifically the complex of Machu Picchu just northwest of Cusco. Inca ...
The laws require the California State University system and urge the University of California system to annually report their progress to review and return Native American remains and artifacts to ...
The museum was founded by diplomat and avid hunter Miguel Mujica Gallo in the 1960s in order to display his lifelong private collection of pre-Incan gold pieces and arms of the world, owning it until 1993. It is in a two-story building made of reinforced concrete and accessed through a vault-style entrance.
The Price Tower owners confirmed Thursday that they sold the few remaining artifacts from Shin'enKan, Joe Price's Bartlesville home designed and built by architect Bruce Goff, which burned down on ...
In April, the local owners of Price Tower sold an undisclosed amount of historic Frank Lloyd Wright and Bruce Goff artifacts, which are now up for sale by a Texas-based gallery.