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Smithsonian’s National Museum of Asian Art returns three sculptures to Cambodia.

Researchers at the museum concluded that the three artefacts were removed from Cambodia during the civil war of the 1960s and 70s

https://www.theartnewspaper.com/2025/12/23/smithsonians-national-museum-of-asian-art-returns-three-sculptures-to-cambodia #globalmuseum #museums #art #Cambodia

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Smithsonian’s National Museum of Asian Art returns three sculptures to Cambodia

Researchers at the museum concluded that the three artefacts were removed from Cambodia during the civil war of the 1960s and 70s
Left: The Goddess Uma, tenth century, Cambodia, sandstone. Right: Prajnaparamita ("Perfection of Wisdom"), around 1200, Cambodia, copper alloy
Both: National Museum of Asian Art, Smithsonian Institution. Photo by Robert Harrell
Left: The Goddess Uma, tenth century, Cambodia, sandstone. Right: Prajnaparamita ("Perfection of Wisdom"), around 1200, Cambodia, copper alloy Both: National Museum of Asian Art, Smithsonian Institution. Photo by Robert Harrell
Left: The Goddess Uma, tenth century, Cambodia, sandstone. Right: Prajnaparamita ("Perfection of Wisdom"), around 1200, Cambodia, copper alloy Both: National Museum of Asian Art, Smithsonian Institution. Photo by Robert Harrell
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