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Several pieces in a 1996 exhibit, "Large Classical Bronzes from North American Collections," and Greek vase fragments in a 1995 exhibit are undocumented, and came from dealers who have previously traded in objects illegally excavated or imported...
...HUAM's policy stipulates that the person in charge of a given exhibit, its curator, "should have reasonable assurance under the circumstances that the object has not...been exported from its country of origin (and/or the country where it was last legally owned) in violation of that country's laws...
...complaints about the [Sackler] are that although the policy itself is a vigorous one, it has been interpreted quite liberally," says Boardman Professor of Fine Arts Irene J. Winter, who lodged a formal complaint against the 1996 exhibit on bronzes...
...British Museum has also questioned HUAM's acquisition of an Anglo-Roman head displayed in the same exhibit because of the piece's questionable origins. However, the British Museum has not taken formal action in the matter...
...final decision on whether a piece--documented or not--will appear in an exhibit is Cuno's, as director of HUAM...