Peru recovers Sican mask after years of judicial proceedings

Last update: 07/09/2018

BERLIN (Germany), Sept 7 (BERNAMA-NNN-ANDINA) -- Peru has finally reclaimed its Sican Mask - an emblematic piece of the Lambayeque (Sican) Culture after 19 years of judicial proceedings.

The artifact was seized by the Interpol office in Wiesbaden (Germany) in 1999 after being illegally taken out of the Inca nation. On Thursday, Peru's Culture Minister Patricia Balbuena received the archaeological object from the Plenipotentiary of the Free State of Bavaria to the Federation, Dr. Rolf-Dieter Jungk, who granted the respective export permit.

"I'm happy to receive one of the most emblematic goods of Peru's northern cultures, a Sican Mask. I thank the German (Federal) Court of Justice for their impeccable performance in the judicial proceedings," the official stated.

Balbuena also thanked "the Bavarian (State) Office of Criminal Investigation - which guarded the cultural good - and all authorities, as well as our Foreign Affairs Ministry, which took part in this long journey that came to an end today with the delivery of Sican Mask."

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Peru recovers Sican Mask after years of judicial proceedings

16:42 | Berlin (Germany), Sep. 6.

Peru has finally reclaimed its Sican Mask —an emblematic piece of the Lambayeque (Sican) Culture— after 19 years of judicial proceedings.

The artifact was seized by the Interpol office in Wiesbaden (Germany) in 1999 after being illegally taken out of the Inca nation.

On Thursday, Peru's Culture Minister Patricia Balbuena received the archaeological object from the Plenipotentiary of the Free State of Bavaria to the Federation, Dr. Rolf-Dieter Jungk, who granted the respective export permit.





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