via AFP/Jakarta Post, 06 July 2023 and other sources below: The Netherlands has decided to return hundreds of colonial-era artifacts, including the “Lombok treasure” and a gem-encrusted bronze cannon, to Indonesia and Sri Lanka, following recommendations by a government-appointed commission.
The commission was set up after a request by Indonesia for the return of some art pieces and natural history collections by its former colonial ruler the Netherlands.
Some of the items to be handed back include the so-called “Lombok treasure” of hundreds of golden and silver objects, looted by the Dutch colonial army after capturing the Cakranegara palace on Indonesia’s Lombok island in 1894.
Source: Dutch to return colonial treasures to Indonesia, Sri Lanka – Europe – The Jakarta Post
See also:
- ‘A Historic Moment’: The Netherlands Is Repatriating Nearly 500 Cultural Artifacts to Indonesia and Sri Lanka | Artnet, 06 July 2023
- Dutch museums to hand back looted treasures to former colonies | The Times, 06 July 2023
- Netherlands to repatriate hundreds of looted artifacts to Bali | Al Maydeen, 06 July 2023
- Netherlands to repatriate nearly 500 looted objects to Indonesia and Sri Lanka | The Art Newspaper, 06 July 2023
- Netherlands to return art, artifacts looted from Indonesia during colonial period | Benar News, 06 July 2023
- Netherlands to return treasures looted from Indonesia and Sri Lanka in colonial era | The Guardian, 06 July 2023
- Netherlands to return 478 looted art pieces to Sri Lanka and Indonesia | NL Times, 06 July 2023
- The Netherlands to return colonial collections to Sri Lanka and Indonesia | The Brussels Times, 06 July 2023
- Dutch museums will return art and artifacts that were looted from Sri Lanka and Indonesia | AP News, 06 July 2023
- Netherlands to return nearly 500 looted objects to Indonesia and Sri Lanka | CNN, 07 July 2023
- Netherlands to return six Kandyan artefacts looted from SL | Daily Mirror, 07 July 2023
- Netherlands to return treasures to Indonesia and Sri Lanka | BBC News, 07 July 2023
- Netherlands to Return 478 Looted Objects to Indonesia and Sri Lanka | Hyperallergic, 08 July 2023
- Rijksmuseum to return Colonial objects from its collection for the first time | Art Daily 09 July 2023
- Netherlands gazettes repatriation of Dutch colonial artefacts to Sri Lanka | Sunday Observer, 09 July 2023
