Exhibition on the Rocks
The Smithsonian Institution postponed indefinitely an exhibition of treasures from Belitung. American archeologists are debating whether or not the excavation of these treasures was ethical. Where are the voices of Indonesian archeologists?
July 27, 2011
THE elementary school students on summer vacation were busy making comments about the beautiful objects on display on the first floor of the Arthur M. Sackler Gallery and the Freer Gallery of Art, the Asian art galleries owned by the Smithsonian Institution in Washington, DC, that Thursday afternoon two weeks ago. They walked in a neat group accompanying their teacher who explained about the various kinds of earthenware from Southeast Asia, the s
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