[Federal Register Volume 72, Number 113 (Wednesday, June 13, 2007)]
[Notices]
[Pages 32702-32703]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E7-11406]


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DEPARTMENT OF STATE

[Public Notice 5830]


Culturally Significant Objects Imported for Exhibition 
Determinations: ``Eternal Ancestors: Art of the Central African 
Reliquary''

    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, 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 ``Eternal Ancestors: Art of the Central 
African Reliquary'', imported from abroad for temporary exhibition 
within the United States, are of cultural significance. The objects are 
imported pursuant to loan agreements with the foreign owners or 
custodians. I also determine that the exhibition or display of the 
exhibit objects at The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, New York, 
from on or about October 2, 2007, until on or about March 2, 2008, and 
at possible additional exhibitions or 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 the exhibit objects, contact Paul Manning, Attorney-Adviser, 
Office of

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the Legal Adviser, U.S. Department of State (telephone: (202) 453-
8050). The address is U.S. Department of State, SA-44, 301 4th Street, 
SW., Room 700, Washington, DC 20547-0001.

    Dated: June 5, 2007.
C. Miller Crouch,
Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary for Educational and Cultural 
Affairs, Department of State.
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