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Pangboche Hand

The Pangboche Hand is an alleged Yeti hand, stolen from a Nepali monastery. A finger was stolen in 1958 and smuggled by actor James Stewart and the complete hand was stolen in the early 1990s.

Uma Maheshwar Nepal via Patan Museum

Uma Maheshwar from Nepal

A 12th century Hindu sculpture stolen from Nepal in 1982 and returned from a Berlin museum in 2000.

Related Publications

Yates, D. and Mackenzie, S. (2018) ‘Heritage, crisis, and community crime prevention in Nepal’, International Journal of Cultural Property, 25(2), pp. 203–221.
Yates, D., Mackenzie, S. and Smith, E. (2017) ‘The cultural capitalists: Notes on the ongoing reconfiguration of trafficking culture in Asia’, Crime, Media, Culture, 13(2), pp. 245–254.

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