A looted statue sat at the DMA for decades. The loss to Nepal was incalculable.
A looted statue sat at the DMA for decades. The loss to Nepal was incalculable. The FBI has transferred the Lakshmi-Narayana stele to the Nepalese embassy in the U.S. A Lakshmi-Narayana stele from Nepal (foreground, center left) is shown on display in the exhibition "East Meets West: Sculpture from the David T. Owsley Collection" from 1993 to 1994 at the Dallas Museum of Art. The DMA removed the stele from display in late 2019 in response to concerns about the provenance of the artwork.(Dallas ...
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