Mexico.- Mexico asked several auction houses European Union suspend the sale of 64 prehispanic pieces that are part of your cultural heritageincluding some dating back to 600 BC, the government reported on Saturday.
The Ministry of Culture also requested the Interpol to act to “get the repatriation of said assets,” according to a statement from that portfolio and the National Institute of Anthropology and History (INAH).
The claim was directed to the platform Catawikiwhich promotes the sale of 50 objects offered by the house Vintage 4Ufrom the Netherlands, as well as by the Gallery J. Bagot Archeology and a seller from Spain. Bidding ends this Sunday.
He also pointed to the Zwann Galleryin amsterdamwhich plans to auction next Monday another 14 pieces that constitute “movable archaeological monuments” of cultural heritage, according to a ruling by the INAH.
The set offered through Catawiki It includes anthropomorphic figures that span the Mesoamerican Preclassic, Classic and Postclassic periods (from 600 BC to 1200-1521 AD), the statement detailed.
The Mexican government is developing a campaign to rescue the historical heritage illegally removed from the country.
As part of those efforts, almost 9,000 assets have been recovered since 2018, some of which were about to be auctioned off.
Last July, the Mexican Foreign Ministry announced the return of 2,522 pre-Hispanic pieces that were in the possession of a Spanish family.
According to the government, auction houses and the authorities of other countries usually ask Mexico Prove that the items belong to you.
But in some cases the country has managed to assert its thesis that those who sell “must prove the legal origin” of the goods.
Some objects have been recovered in police raids, as happened in Italy in 2021while Belgium last March stopped an auction at the request of the mexican government.
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Museums and individuals have also voluntarily decided to restore this heritage, but in countries like France the efforts have failed.
AFP
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