Indonesian cultural artifacts found in an auction in Australia. The government is trying to restore objects [ancient] it to Indonesia.
Artifacts that one of them is a skull relic of the Asmat.
Information about the artifacts in the auction were then forwarded by the Indonesian Embassy in Australia to the Directorate General of Culture. Director General of Culture Kacung Marijan said the Embassy received reports of Australians who are suspicious of an item at auction.
"We made a letter to the embassy and to the Australian government that the goods were not auctioned," said Kacung in Jakarta, Saturday (12/13/2014).
Parties to the Australian Federal Police (AFP) immediately seized the skull. According to the Education and Cultural Attache of the Embassy, Ronny Rachman Noor, foreclosure is done about a week ago.
"Now there were in the room skull evidence AFP office, but it is not clear which agency AFP. But if there will be Indonesian forensics team will be allowed to come into it," said Ronny in a brief message.
Next week, the ministry of education will decrease the forensic team to Australia to take care of this problem.
According to information compiled by the Directorate General of Culture, a skull relic of the Asmat were bought by someone in Bali. Then, they were found at auction in Australia.
In addition to a skull as a relic of the Asmat, Indonesian cultural heritage objects that are found in Australia is a statue of a nursing mother from Larantuka.
In contrast to the skull, sculpture nursing mothers have been found in Australia since decades ago. "If the statue of nursing mothers since the Dutch era, there," said Kacung.
In fact, Kacung stated, this statue has been attached with the local culture. "This statue has a special value because to bring rain," he said.
Nevertheless, the Indonesian side will attempt to retrieve the object that proved to be a cultural heritage object. "The goods must be returned to Indonesia if it belongs to Indonesia," said Kacung.
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