[Federal Register: June 10, 2002 (Volume 67, Number 111)]
[Notices]
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DEPARTMENT OF STATE
[Public Notice 4046]
Culturally Significant Object Imported for Exhibition
Determinations: ``Genesis: Ideas of Origin in African Sculpture''
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, and Delegation of Authority No.
236 of October 19, 1999, as amended, I hereby determine that the
objects to be included in the exhibition ``Genesis: Ideas of Origin in
African Sculpture,'' 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
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY from on or about November 18,
2002 to on or about April 13, 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, 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: June 3, 2002.
Patricia S. Harrison,
Assistant Secretary for Educational and Cultural Affairs, Department of
State.
[FR Doc. 02-14531 Filed 6-7-02; 8:45 am]
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