Federal Republic of Federal Republic of Germany has returned a pre-Columbian gilded funerary mask to Republic of Peru next a 20-year legal as well as diplomatic battle, the South American country's civilisation government minister said on Thursday.
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| Peru spent xx years trying to secure the provide of this gilded funerary mask from the pre-Columbian Sican civilisation [Credit: AFP] |
"I'm happy to have 1 of the virtually emblematic assets from the northward Peruvian cultures, the Sican Mask," said Patricia Balbuena inward a statement.
The mask was handed over to the Peruvian diplomatic mission inward Berlin past times Bavarian authorities.
The Munich regional courtroom ordered the mask hold upwardly returned to Republic of Peru inward Dec 2016 afterward it had been confiscated past times Earth prosecutor.
It is due to brand it inward Republic of Peru inward the coming weeks.
Like neighboring Ecuador, which secured the provide of thirteen pre-Columbian artifacts from a somebody High German collection inward July afterward a six-year legal battle, the South American province has been eager to recover priceless pieces from its cultural heritage.
The Sican civilisation inhabited the northward coast of Republic of Peru betwixt the 8th as well as 14th centuries.
Source: AFP [September 06, 2018]
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