(26 Jul 2025)
RESTRICTION SUMMARY
ASSOCIATED PRESS
Lima, Peru - 25 July 2025
1. Various of beige ceramic pieces from the Chancay culture
2. SOUNDBITE (Spanish) Carlos Amézaga, Cultural Affairs Director at Foreign Ministry:
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"These are pieces that we have recovered from different countries. In this case, there are 133 pieces, as we can see here, all of which have been voluntarily handed over by different countries."
3. Exhibition
4. Pieces from the Chancay culture
5. SOUNDBITE (Spanish) Claudia Alemán, Cultural Heritage Director at Foreign Ministry:
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"On this occasion, we have returned items from two museums, one in Belgium and one in Switzerland. For example, the silver alloy mask that is there was returned by a museum in Switzerland."
6. Various of silver masks returned by a museum in Switzerland
7. Black ceramic pieces from the Chimú culture
8. People applauding as the signed delivery agreements are displayed
9. SOUNDBITE (Spanish) Fernando Lazarte, Director General for the Defense of Cultural Heritage, Ministry of Culture:
"From 2023 to today, Peru has managed to repatriate nearly 6,000 cultural assets, a figure that reflects the sustained effort to protect our heritage."
10. People applauding as the signed delivery agreements are displayed
11. SOUNDBITE (Spanish) Fernando Lazarte, Heritage Defense Director at Ministry of Culture:
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"From 2023 to today, Peru has managed to repatriate nearly 6,000 cultural assets, a figure that reflects the sustained effort to protect our heritage."
12. Recovered pieces
STORYLINE:
The Peruvian Foreign and Culture Ministries on Friday exhibited 133 archaeological and cultural pieces handed over by museums in Belgium and Switzerland.
Authorities said the repatriation of such items is a sign of Peru's commitment to protecting its cultural heritage.
Peruvian embassies in Belgium, Colombia, Sweden and Switzerland, and the consulates in Miami and Boston were also involved in the negotiation.
Among the returned items is the Baroque altar from Cusco, carved from cedar in the 17th century by the Dominican Order at the Llaccho estate in Cusco.
This work, featuring Solomonic columns and rich iconography, was acquired in 1921 by Carl Hultgren, the then-Swedish ambassador to Argentina, and subsequently transferred to Sweden.
Due to its size, it was never installed and remained in private custody until 1971, when it was purchased at auction by Swedish economist Curt Gripmar, who kept it as a monumental work of art.
Decades later, in 2024, his sons, Jan and Johan Gripmar, decided to return it to Peru, fulfilling the family's wish that the altar be returned to its place of origin.
A batch of 132 pottery and woven items from various Pre-Hispanic cultures is also among the items.
These were crafted by the Nasca, Tiahuanaco, Lambayeque, Chancay, Chimú and Inca.
Many of the sites with arch... [truncated]
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