[Federal Register Volume 69, Number 144 (Wednesday, July 28, 2004)]
[Notices]
[Page 45108]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 04-17180]


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DEPARTMENT OF STATE

[Public Notice 4788]


Culturally Significant Objects Imported for Exhibition 
Determinations: ``Totems to Turquoise: Native North American Jewelry 
Arts of the Northwest and Southwest''

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, and Delegation of Authority No. 
236 of October 19, 1999, as amended, and Delegation of Authority No. 
257 of April 15, 2003 [68 FR 19875], I hereby determine that the 
objects to be included in the exhibition ``Totems to Turquoise: Native 
North American Jewelry Arts of the Northwest and Southwest,'' imported 
from abroad for temporary exhibition within the United States, are of 
cultural significance. The objects are imported pursuant to a loan 
agreement with the foreign owners. I also determine that the exhibition 
or display of the exhibit objects at the American Museum of Natural 
History, New York, NY from on or about October 30, 2004 to on or about 
July 10, 2005, and at possible additional venues yet to be determined 
through December 2007, 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 the exhibit objects, contact Carol B. Epstein, Attorney-
Adviser, Office of the Legal Adviser, Department of State, (telephone: 
202/619-6981). The address is Department of State, SA-44, 301 4th 
Street, SW., Room 700, Washington, DC 20547-0001.

    Dated: July 21, 2004.
C. Miller Crouch,
Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary for Educational and Cultural 
Affairs, Department of State.
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