[Federal Register Volume 63, Number 60 (Monday, March 30, 1998)]
[Notices]
[Page 15262]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 98-8247]



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UNITED STATES INFORMATION AGENCY


Culturally Significant Objects Imported For Exhibition; 
Determinations

    Notice is hereby given of the following determinations: Pursuant to 
the authority vested in me by the Act of October 19, 1965 (79 Stat. 
985, 22 U.S.C. 2459), Executive Order 12047 of March 27, 1978 (43 FR 
13359, March 29, 1978), and Delegation Order No. 85-5 of June 27, 1985 
(50 FR 27393, July 2, 1985), I hereby determine that the objects to be 
included in the exhibit, ``Spirits in Steel: The Art of Kalabari 
Masquerade'' (See list \1\), imported from abroad for the temporary 
exhibition without profit within the United States , are of cultural 
significance. These objects are imported pursuant to a loan agreement 
with the foreign lenders. I also determine that the exhibition or 
display of the listed exhibit objects at The American Museum of Natural 
History, New York City from on or about April 21, 1998, through October 
12, 1998, is in the national interest. Public Notice of these 
determinations is ordered to be published in the Federal Register.

    \1\ A copy of this list may be obtained by contacting Ms. Neila 
Sheahan, Assistant General Counsel, at 202/619-5030, and the address 
is Room 700, U.S. Information Agency, 301 4th Street, S.W., 
Washington, D.C. 20547-0001
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    Dated: March 24, 1998.
Les Jin,
General Counsel.
[FR Doc. 98-8247 Filed 3-27-98; 8:45 am]
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