tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29769707.post8079092176893721920..comments2024-02-10T18:19:36.406-08:00Comments on Newspaper Rock: Auctioned mask returned to HopiRobhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01478763837213733775noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29769707.post-57379940667185616222013-07-22T00:07:07.472-07:002013-07-22T00:07:07.472-07:00For more on the subject, see:
http://www.democrat...For more on the subject, see:<br /><br />http://www.democratandchronicle.com/usatoday/article/2567299<br /><br /><b>Hopis recover kachina sold at Paris show</b><br /><br />The judge rejected Servan-Schreiber's argument the morning of the auction. He declined to join an associate and Survival International official at the sale that afternoon. He said his attendance "would be considered provocation." Instead, he gave them money from his own pocket to purchase a mask so that he could "return it to the Hopi if I can."<br /><br />Servan-Schreiber paid $7,845 for one of the masks, and met with Hopi leaders and tribal members last Friday to deliver it. In all, the relics sold for more than $1.2 million, the Agence France-Presse reported.Robhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01478763837213733775noreply@blogger.com