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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
Reflections on the International Conference on Heritage Recovery by Pim Fitzpayne In June 2025, three former CO-OP interns attended the International Conference on Recovery of Cultural Heritage, organized by Nepal Heritage Recovery Campaign in Lalitpur, Nepal. Ing Morokoth and Phuy Meychean presented panel papers on their research into the trafficking and art market networks of
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Getting the joke. Difficult pasts and difficult sites of learning in Thailand and beyond by Marieke Bloembergen To me, as an Indonesianist, or ‘Island Southeast Asianist’ as Panggah Ardiyansyah, Zainab Tahir and I would call ourselves initially in the CO-OP context, our first group visit and traveling seminar, to Thailand in January 2024, was full
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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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