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Boston Museum Returns Necklace Likely Looted From Tomb In Turkey
"It's absolutely crucial, that's what I do, that's what my job is here," said Victoria Reed MFA Sadler Curator for Provenance.
September 5, 2024
BOSTON - A Greater Boston Starts with making things right. The Museum of Fine Arts is giving up a beautiful necklace. Historians say research shows it never should have been in their collection to begin with.
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The 2,700-year-old necklace has dazzled eyes at the MFA for more than four decades. But now it will make the journey back to where it came from - in Turkey after researchers found out it was likely looted from a Turkish tomb in 1976.
"It's absolutely crucial, that's what I do, that's what my job is here," said Victoria Reed MFA Sadler Curator for Provenance. "It's to make sure we're not holding onto to something that has been stolen in the past."
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The Museum of Fine Arts Boston returned this gold and carnelian necklace from 550–450 B.C.E. to Turkey/Museum of Fine Arts, Boston/CBS Boston
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