395 archaeological assets that were kept in Costa Rican diplomatic headquarters in Los Angeles, Miami and Washington DC, were repatriated to the country on February 24.
These are pre-Columbian artifacts made of stone and ceramics. Among them, a pre-Columbian sphere of about 65 centimeters in diameter stands out, as well as metates, green stones (jade), polychrome vessels, human and animal figures and stone tools. Some of the pieces had been in the diplomatic offices for up to 10 years. The majority were surrendered voluntarily, while others were confiscated by authorities of the United States and delivered to Costa Rica through consular offices.
The repatriation had an investment of $42,650 and was possible thanks to the joint work of the Parque Metropolitano La Libertad Foundation and the National Museum of Costa Rica, with financing from the Cultural Agreements Fund of the Embassy of the United States of America, which granted Costa Rica a total of 83 thousand dollars for the execution of the project “Management and Dissemination of Pre-Columbian Assets stored in Costa Rican diplomatic headquarters in the United States.”
Main Image :Photographs MNCR and J. González, US Embassy in CR
Anna Melnykova, "Palace of Labor (palats praci), architector I. Pretro, 1916", shot with analog Canon camera, 35 mm Fuji film in March 2022.
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