Artifact accord still unresolved
Despite Yale’s commitment to return some objects to Peru, questions stall final deal
Seventy-six days after Yale and Peru established a 60-day timeline for a final agreement on the title to a collection of Incan artifacts from Machu Picchu — brought to New Haven by Yale explorer Hiram Bingham III nearly a century ago — the two parties still have not concluded their negotiations.
In a Sept. 14 joint statement, officials from Yale and Peru — who said they were excited about progress made when a Peruvian delegation visited New Haven — agreed to acknowledge Peru’s title to the objects and determined that Yale would return most of the artifacts.
But some...
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