Cool: http://artsbeat.blogs.nytimes.com/2013/07/15/hopi-artifact-is-returned/
"70 sacred artifacts returned one of the masklike objects to tribal elders on Monday at their reservation in northeast Arizona. [...]
"The Hopis say the items of religious headwear are sacred beings imbued
with divine spirits and have never been intended as art objects. During
the court case in Paris, the Hopis said they regarded their public
promotion and sale as “a desecration to our religion.” Art dealers have
sold similar Hopi religious relics a piece or two at a time during the
last half-century, but the Paris auction was by far the largest sale
ever held."
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