Illustrations of Object Categories Subject to U.S. Import Restriction

The Image Database illustrates many, but not all, of the categories of objects that are covered by the import restrictions. The sequence of Bolivian materials outlined below follows the organization of the Designated List*, published on December 7, 2001, which is the authoritative description of these materials. 

The image database may be browsed by clicking on highlighted categories, below. There may be several pages of thumbnail images for each designated list heading, so please use the arrows at the bottom of each page to navigate through the set of images. 

Click on any thumbnail image for a full object record and larger image.


ARCHAEOLOGICAL MATERIALS
I. Pre-Columbian Ceramics
II. Pre-Columbian Textiles
III. Pre-Columbian Metals
IV. Pre-Columbian Stone
V. Pre-Columbian Shell Figurines 
VI. Pre-Columbian Mummified Human Remains 
VII. Pre-Columbian Bone Objects
VIII. Pre-Columbian Wood Objects
IX. Pre-Columbian Basketry

ETHNOLOGICAL MATERIALS
I. Colonial & Republican Masks
II. Colonial & Republican Wood Objects
III. Colonial & Republican Musical Instruments
IV. Colonial & Republican Textiles
V. Colonial & Republican Featherwork
VI. Colonial & Republican Ceramics
VII. Colonial & Republican Religious Art

Acknowledgments

The images in the database were generously provided for this use only by the Bolivian Viceministerio de Cultura and the National Museum of Ethnography and Folklore. The source of individual images is noted in each artifact record. 

Copyright Statement 

The U.S. Department of State provides these illustrations of archaeological and ethnological artifacts from Bolivia to facilitate enforcement of and adherence to the import restrictions.  Images in this database are protected by U.S. and international copyright law.  Information on copyright owners and restrictions for individual images are noted in the Copyright field that accompanies each image. Transmission or reproduction of images in this site beyond that allowed by fair use requires the written permission of the copyright owners.

Director
Viceministerio de Cultura
P.O. Box 7846
Palacio Chico, Calle Potosi esq. Calle Ayacucho
La Paz, Bolivia

Director, National Museum of Ethnography and Folklore
P.O. Box 5817
Calle Ingavi
La Paz, Bolivia

 
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