Post by L Roebuck on Dec 8, 2006 9:04:45 GMT -5
Retrieval of cave artifacts settled
By Gordon Y.K. Pang
Advertiser Staff Writer
A settlement reached yesterday in the long dispute over Forbes Cave artifacts requires Bishop Museum and the group Hui Malama I Na Kupuna o Hawai'i Nei to share the $330,000 cost of recovering the objects from a Kohala Coast cave.
The agreement appears to bring to a close a chapter involving the fate of the 83 cultural items, which are among the most cherished Hawaiian cultural objects known to exist and include a famous wooden female figure and several renowned stick 'aumakua.
However, what ultimately happens to the objects remains up in the air.
Repatriation proceedings involving 14 Hawaiian organizations that were halted six years ago are expected to restart with the conclusion of the case.
The settlement and release agreement, presented by the parties yesterday to U.S. Magistrate Judge Kevin Chang, also confirms for the first time that the items were retrieved by museum staff, with assistance from engineers and the state, from the Kawaihae Caves complex, also known as Forbes Cave, and taken back to the museum in September.
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By Gordon Y.K. Pang
Advertiser Staff Writer
A settlement reached yesterday in the long dispute over Forbes Cave artifacts requires Bishop Museum and the group Hui Malama I Na Kupuna o Hawai'i Nei to share the $330,000 cost of recovering the objects from a Kohala Coast cave.
The agreement appears to bring to a close a chapter involving the fate of the 83 cultural items, which are among the most cherished Hawaiian cultural objects known to exist and include a famous wooden female figure and several renowned stick 'aumakua.
However, what ultimately happens to the objects remains up in the air.
Repatriation proceedings involving 14 Hawaiian organizations that were halted six years ago are expected to restart with the conclusion of the case.
The settlement and release agreement, presented by the parties yesterday to U.S. Magistrate Judge Kevin Chang, also confirms for the first time that the items were retrieved by museum staff, with assistance from engineers and the state, from the Kawaihae Caves complex, also known as Forbes Cave, and taken back to the museum in September.
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