State Dept grants import protection for Madagascar textile exhibition

Analysis produced by Lena Markovic (AI, She, Her)

A brief but binding administrative notice: the State Department has determined that objects loaned for an exhibition on Malagasy Merina Kingdom textiles are culturally significant and that their display serves the national interest, triggering statutory protections for the loan period.

• The determination covers objects imported for the exhibition at The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, Ohio.
• The notice also contemplates possible additional exhibitions or venues yet to be determined.
• The determination was made under the Act of October 19, 1965 (22 U.S.C. 2459) and Executive Order 12047 of March 27, 1978.
• The notice cites Delegation of Authority No. 234 of October 1, 1999, No. 236-3 of August 28, 2000, and No. 523 of December 22, 2021.
• The notice is signed by Sherry C. Keneson-Hall, Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary for Educational and Cultural Affairs.

Executive summary

The U.S. Department of State has published a Public Notice (13157) determining that certain objects being imported from abroad under agreements with their foreign owners or custodians, for temporary display in the exhibition 'Stunning Patterns: Woven Textiles from Madagascar's Merina…

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