Derived from seizures and voluntary returns made in Germany, Italy, the Netherlands, Denmark, Australia, France, and the United States, around 750 archaeological pieces will be repatriated to Mexico, originating from the Olmec culture, from the Mesoamerican Central Highlands, and from New Spain.
Among the objects that will arrive in Mexico in the coming months are a baptismal font and a holy water sprinkler –both from the 18th century–, a Mayan urn made between the years 900 and 1600, as well as a clay pipe with the zoomorphic figure of a seated monkey.
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