(26 Jul 2025)
RESTRICTION SUMMARY
ASSOCIATED PRESS
Lima, Peru – 25 July 2025
1. Various of beige ceramic pieces from the Chancay culture
2. Various of red ceramic pieces Tihuanaco
3. Various of black ceramic pieces from the Chimú culture
4. Various of other pieces
5. Photograph of a wooden Catholic shrine
6. Small part of the wooden altar
7. SOUNDBITE (Spanish) Carlos Amézaga, Director General for Cultural Affairs at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs:
"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."
8. Various pieces exhibited for the press
9. SOUNDBITE (Spanish) Claudia Alemán, Director of Cultural Heritage at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs:
"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."
10. Various of silver masks returned by a museum in Switzerland
11. Carlos Amézaga, Director General for Cultural Affairs at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, and Fernando Lazarte, Director General for the Defence of Cultural Heritage at the Ministry of Culture, signing agreements
12. SOUNDBITE (Spanish) Fernando Lazarte, Director General for the Defence 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."
13. People applauding as the signed delivery agreements are displayed
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 are also among the items.
These were crafted by the Nasca, Tiahuanaco, Lambayeque, Chancay, Chimú and Inca.
Many of the sites with archaeological interest were emptied of their valuables for centuries.
Peru is on a quest to recover those items, with its embassies in charge of recovering items illegally removed from the country.
AP Video shot by Cesar Barreto
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