According to a statement from the Peruvian Ministry of Foreign Affairs published on Saturday (8/4), the Peruvian Embassy in Canada and the Consulate General in Toronto have jointly taken this step.
City of World TRT, on Sunday (9/4), the authorities of both countries stopped the auction activity of the Canadian company Waddington’s based in Toronto. The company claims to obtain the historical items from a web portal called The Saleroom.
Among the archaeological pieces put up for auction is a necklace of acorns.
“The object comes from the pre-Inca Chancay culture that flourished in the valleys of the Peruvian central coast between 1200 and 1470,” writes TRT.
Currently, the Peruvian Ministry of Foreign Affairs is working to recover its cultural property taken from the country.
Canada and Peru are signatories to the UNESCO convention in 1970, which is committed to combating the illicit trade in cultural objects.
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