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Met returns two antiquities to Yemen, retains possession for now

Met returns two antiquities to Yemen, retains possession for now
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Met returns two antiquities to Yemen, retains possession for now

The Metropolitan Museum of Art on Tuesday announced it had transferred ownership of two antiquities to Yemen, but that the war-torn country had agreed to leave them in New York

Met returns two antiquities to Yemen, retains possession for now

The Metropolitan Museum of Art on Tuesday announced it had transferred ownership of two antiquities to Yemen, but that the war-torn country had agreed to leave them in New York for safe-keeping.Both pieces are stone sculptures a sandstone female figure and a marble mortar and date to the third millennium BCE from areas in modern-day Yemen, the Met said in a statement.The museum said it had acquired the statue in 1998 from collector Jean-Luc Chalmin, who also donated the mortar in 1999.

Met returns two antiquities to Yemen, retains possession for now

The Metropolitan Museum of Art on Tuesday announced it had transferred ownership of two antiquities to Yemen, but that the war-torn country had agreed to leave them in New York for safe-keeping."We are pleased to have these objects remain on loan with The Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York, one of the world's most prominent and prestigious cultural institutions," he added.

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