Museum officials say they are voluntarily repatriating the object after learning that it had been stolen from Guita Bahi in the Kathmandu Valley ...
‘The Liquid Landscape of Kathmandu Valley: Hiti Pranali Water Heritage’ is a new exhibition at Patan Museum to pay tribute to this cultural heritage and explores recent archaeological research that ...
The museum’s researchers collaborated with the government of Nepal to determine the sculpture had been stolen from the Kathmandu Valley in Nepal.
acknowledging that the sculpture had been unlawfully removed from the Guita Bahi monastery in the Kathmandu Valley. The museum displayed the sculpture regularly since 1997 and featured it in ...
Run entirely by local women, the Eco Museum in Sikles showcases the heritage, lifestyle, and legacy of the Gurung community.
The Chicago museum said it had discovered “new details ... which agreed the sculpture had been stolen from Guita Bahi in the Kathmandu Valley. She was the queen of Chicago’s arts community.
As part of “ongoing research into the provenance of its collection,” researchers discovered that the sculpture had been stolen from Guita Bahi in the Kathmandu ... of the museum’s Provenance ...
The Buddha statue was first identified by the online heritage activist group Lost Arts of Nepal in 2021 as matching a statue stolen from Guita Tole in Patan, Kathmandu. The sacred statue is part ...
The museum said it learned that the sculpture ... agreed that the sculpture had been stolen from the Guita Bahi in the Kathmandu Valley in Nepal. "This sacred sculpture is a carrier of stories ...
The AIC proactively contacted the Embassy of Nepal in Washington, DC, after discovering that the work had been stolen from Guita Bahi in the Kathmandu ... research at the museum, said in a statement.