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The Acquisition of Cambodian Artifacts by John D. Rockefeller 3rd Through the Guidance of Sherman E Lee by Ing Morokoth This case study is part of research in U.S. archives by three CO-OP interns from October 2024 – March 2025. Find the other case studies on the project page. […]
The Quiet Edits: Curating Around Controversy in the 1969 Ancient Cambodian Sculpture Exhibition by Phuy Meychean This case study is part of research in U.S. archives by three CO-OP interns from October 2024 – March 2025. Find the other case studies on the project page. Introduction The 1969 Ancient Cambodian Sculpture exhibition, curated by Sherman
Thinking Restitution through Theatre by Bonny Coombe CO-OP invited Lakhon Komnit Organization (LKO) to produce a theatrical response to the themes of looting, restitution and paradigms of conservation and display. LKO’s grassroots basis connected the project with a Cambodian constituency who might not ordinarily be reached by its research, nor included in the broader discourse
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Two Ancient Khmer lintels donated by Latchford in 1971 by Phuy Meychean This case study was considered as part of a broader provenancing project. Read the summary and other case studies on the project page. This case study will examine two Khmer lintels donated by Douglas Latchford to the British Museum (BM) in 1971. The lintels
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Pathways to the museum: tracing the acquisition history of objects in the BM’s Cambodia collection by Pim Fitzpayne This case study was considered as part of a broader provenancing project. Read the summary and other case studies on the project page. This report summarises research undertaken to trace the ownership history and transfer of certain
This case study was considered as part of a broader provenancing project. Read the summary and other case studies on the project page. This statue currently held in the stores of the British Museum (BM), is accessioned as figure (1976,1101.1) [Fig. 1]. The following case study provides insight into provenance issues stemming from the trade of
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The latest stunning advance in the restitution of stolen Khmer art: www.bostonglobe.com/2023/09/12/metro/lindemann-family-return-stolen-artifacts-cambodia-after-decades-long-investigation/
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Cambodia Returns – March 2023 by Emma Efkeman March 17, 2023 marked the return of hundreds of Khmer antiquities from public and private collections abroad. One month prior, a collection of Khmer gold and metal jewellery was brought from the UK to Cambodia, a highly publicized return shining an ever brighter spotlight on the illegal
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