[Federal Register Volume 67, Number 195 (Tuesday, October 8, 2002)]
[Notices]
[Page 62845]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 02-25616]


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DEPARTMENT OF STATE

[Public Notice 4148]


Culturally Significant Objects Imported for Exhibition 
Determinations: ``The Sensuous and the Sacred: Chola Bronzes From South 
India''

AGENCY: Department of State.

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: 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, the Foreign Affairs Reform and Restructuring Act of 1998 [112 
Stat. 2681, et seq.; 22 U.S.C. 6501 note, et seq.], Delegation of 
Authority No. 234 of October 1, 1999 [64 FR 56014], and Delegation of 
Authority No. 236 of October 19, 1999 [64 FR 57920], as amended, I 
hereby determine that the objects to be included in the exhibition, 
``The Sensuous and the Sacred: Chola Bronzes from South India,'' 
imported from abroad for temporary exhibition within the United States, 
are of cultural significance. These objects are imported pursuant to 
loan agreements with foreign lenders. I also determine that the 
exhibition or display of the exhibit objects at the Arthur M. Sackler 
Gallery, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, DC, from on or about 
November 10, 2002, to on or about March 9, 2003, the Dallas Museum of 
Art, Dallas, Texas, from on or about April 4, 2003, to on or about June 
15, 2003, the Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, Ohio, from on or 
about July 6, 2003, to on or about September 14, 2003, and at possible 
additional venues yet to be determined, is in the national interest. 
Public Notice of these determinations is ordered to be published in the 
Federal Register.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For further information, including a 
list of exhibit objects, contact Paul W. Manning, Attorney-Adviser, 
Office of the Legal Adviser, 202/619-5997, and the address is United 
States Department of State, SA-44, Room 700, 301 4th Street, SW., 
Washington, DC 20547-0001.

    Dated: October 3, 2002.
Patricia S. Harrison,
Assistant Secretary for Educational and Cultural Affairs, Department of 
State.
[FR Doc. 02-25616 Filed 10-7-02; 8:45 am]
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