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Return the skull Five U.S. Dayak Tribe

The United States government dismantle human smuggling of five carved skull believed to belong to the Dayak tribe in Kalimantan and derived from the 18th century and 19th. The skull had been submitted to the Government of Indonesia. The skulls on Monday (5/16/2011) submitted by the U.S. Government to the Indonesian Government in a ceremony at the Consulate General in New York.

Signatories submission made by the Deputy Special Agent U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE)-Homeland Security Investigation (HSI) in New York Mona B. Forman, representing the U.S. Government, and the Acting Consul General in New York Zahermann Muabezi, representing the Government of Indonesia.

Efforts smuggling five archaeological objects Dayak tribe's foiled after the official U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) to follow up their suspicions of a package that they check at the post office in Newark, New Jersey, August 2010.

The package includes Bali, Indonesia, as the sender address. A statement attached to the suspicious package was mentioned that the goods contained in the package value is not more than 5 U.S. dollars.

The New York HSI agents then sought to investigate the origin of shipment and to check the approximate value of skulls, each of which has a carving with its own characteristics. Estimate is needed because, according to the U.S. import duty regulations, each sending objects with values ​​of more than 2,000 U.S. dollars must be accompanied by a clear statement.

Specialists buying and selling art objects HSI appointed to conduct an independent assessment of the five skulls were said to be far different value. Each skull with unique carving was mentioned has a value of 3,000 dollars and 4,800 U.S. dollars.

The skulls were eventually confiscated by the HSI because the total value of about 20,000 U.S. dollars. HSI also decide fifth cranial submitted to the Government of Indonesia.

The return of archaeological objects, says Mona B Forman, the U.S. effort in showing respect for the cultural heritage belongs to the people of Indonesia.

"The return of art objects are unique, artistic merit, and very valuable for the people of Indonesia will again remind us the importance of historic objects and objects of cultural heritage, namely that the value is far greater than the price that can be stated in dollars and cents, "Forman said.

Forman said the current investigation is still underway in an effort to uncover the parties responsible in the case of archaeological goods shipping to the U.S.. Flown to Jakarta

Zahermann Muabezi after the signing of the handover convey praise for their hard work and cooperation presented by ICE and CBP HSI. He reveals, the fifth cranial Dayak tribes will immediately flown to Jakarta on Monday night.

Ancient objects would be shown by the Consul of Protocol and Consular Affairs Consulate General-New York Abraham FI Lebelauw using the aircraft carrier Singapore Airlines, which is scheduled to arrive in Jakarta on Wednesday (05/18/2011).

Five skulls Dayak will then be handed over next day (5/19/2011) from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs to the Ministry of Culture and Tourism. After that, to be determined whether the skulls will be handed over to the community of the Dayak tribe in Borneo or will be stored at the museum.

According to Mona B Forman, delivery on Monday is the first time by ICE HSI New York concerning ancient objects smuggled from Indonesia. ICE is a U.S. government agency that often play a major role in various criminal investigations related to the importation and distribution of cultural heritage illegally, as well as illegal trade in art objects, especially art items reported lost or stolen.

Since 2007, ICE has repatriate more than 2,100 cultural heritage, art objects and antiques to more than 15 countries. Through 70 offices in 40 countries attache, ICE office of International Affairs to cooperate with foreign governments to carry out joint investigations to uncover cases of smuggling and trafficking of cultural heritage.

In the U.S., illegal trafficking of cultural heritage, art objects and antiques punishable by imprisonment up to 20 years, also fine and the possibility of paying compensation to the return of goods.
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