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And last year, Belgium returned a gold-capped tooth ... for restitution of artifacts in state museums. It is considering more restitution requests from Indonesia, Sri Lanka and Nigeria.
including gold and... MANILA, Philippines — Hundreds of priceless, cultural artifacts looted during the Dutch colonization of Indonesia and Sri Lanka are finally on their way home. In a ceremony ...
Rijksmuseum The Netherlands has announced that it will return 478 colonial artifacts ... Sri Lanka Rijksmuseum Items returning to Indonesia include the “Lombok treasure”—335 pieces of ...
Six other colonial artifacts claimed by Sri Lanka are currently in the collection of the Rijksmuseum, the Netherlands’ national museum of arts and history; this is the first repatriation of ...
that it plans to return 478 cultural artifacts to Indonesia, at the country’s request. A further six colonial objects are being returned to Sri Lanka by the Rijksmuseum in Amsterdam, marking the ...
THE HAGUE, Netherlands (AP) — Two Dutch museums are handing hundreds of cultural artifacts ... to Sri Lanka is the Cannon of Kandy, a ceremonial weapon made of bronze, silver and gold, and ...