Keith Collection returned to Costa Rica
Keith Collection returned to Costa Rica
17 de julio de 2021, 0:16
Por Alejandro Gómez
San José, (Prensa Latina) Costa Rica has only been able to recover 2,286 archaeological pieces from different indigenous cultures of the little more than 16,000 taken to the United States by American business executive Minor Keith, builder of the railroad in the Central America and the Caribbean. According to the book Keith and Costa Rica, by the North American writer Watt Stewart, the business executive s interest in collecting indigenous art arouse from a fortunate accident.
Among the many plantations he owned in the region was one named Mercedes, located in the valley of the Santa Clara River, a tributary of the Reventazón, which flowed down from the north.
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