via Antara, 11 July 2023: The Dutch government officially returned various historical objects to the Indonesian government in Leiden, including Balinese art objects, Singasari statues, Lombok royal heirlooms, and the Puputan Klungkung dagger, as part of a repatriation effort and cooperation between the two countries to rectify historical injustices and enrich historical knowledge. More stories indexed below.
The Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology stated that the Dutch government officially returned various historical objects to the Indonesian government in Leiden on Monday.
“In addition to the handover of historic collections from the Netherlands, the two countries also signed several documents,” said I Gusti Agung Wesaka Puja, head of the Indonesian collections repatriation team, in a statement received in Jakarta on Monday.
One of the documents signed was the “Technical Arrangement and Acknowledgement of the Transfer of Rights from the Kingdom of the Netherlands to the Republic of Indonesia.”
According to Puja, the repatriation of historical collections to Indonesia was made possible thanks to the cooperation and hard work of the two repatriation committees and the support of the two governments.
Source: Netherlands returns historical objects to Indonesia – ANTARA News
See also:
- Ceremonial handover of almost 500 colonial objects to Indonesia | Dutch News, 10 July 2023
- Indonesia welcomes return of jewels, temple carvings as important step in global restitution effort | SunStar, 11 July 2023
- The Dutch are returning looted artifacts to Indonesia and Sri Lanka. Does it matter? | NPR, 11 July 2023
- The Netherlands Repatriates Nearly 500 Looted Artifacts to Sri Lanka and Indonesia | Smithsonian, 11 July 2023
