Museum Facilitates Return of Mayan Artifact From Chicago Philanthropist's Collection

A Mayan artifact is set to return to Mexico after being in the possession of a Chicago family for nearly 40 years, the National Museum of Mexican Art (NMMA) announced Friday. The artifact is a limestone frieze depicting a male figure likely wearing an elaborate headdress, loincloth, and mask. It was originally facing toward another figure, said a spokesperson for the Pilsen museum, where it has been in storage since February. La Voz Chicago What…

The temporary exhibition Kili’ich chuuyo’ob exposes the relationship between Mayan embroidery, faith and community rituals; it will be open until August 30th. – Trova, traditional dances, children’s workshops and guided tours in Maya, Spanish and English were part of the celebration for the International Day of Museums Yucatecan Families, tourists ... The entrance Grand Museum of the Maya World receives a thousand 300 visits with new exhibition …

Manhattan DA’s Office Repatriates Eight Artifacts to Peru

The Manhattan District Attorney’s Office returned eight artifacts to Peru during a ceremony at the Peruvian consulate in New York on May 15. The items returned included funerary items that were taken illegally from tombs in northern Peru during the 1960s and ’70s. The return marks the second time New York officials have repatriated a group of works to Peru. Also among the returned objects is a copper mask believed to represent a fanged Moche…