KATHMANDU, June 27: Four wooden artworks of archeological significance will be brought back home from Australia. The artworks dating back to the early 20th century reached Canberra-based National Gallery of Australia at different times.
Related story
Nepal receives its illegally exported wooden artifacts from US
The gallery, the national art museum of Australia, handed them to the Nepali Embassy there on its own initiative. Shangri La International Freight Private Limited has been assigned to transport them back to Nepal. The objects weigh a total of 26 kilograms, according to the company’s Executive Director Saugat Singh. Once the historic objects arrive here, they will be handed to the Department of Archeology.
(RSS)
