Anne Lee Dozier purchased a $4 vase, which turned out to be an historic Maya relic.
A misplaced historic Mayan vase has been recovered by Mexico because of a keen-eyed shopper in the US. Anne Lee Dozier, a resident of Washington DC, bought the artifact for a mere $4 at a thrift retailer, unaware of its true significance.
The vase, estimated to be between 1,200 and 1,800 years outdated, was later recognized as a Mayan relic. Dozier performed an important function in reuniting the artifact with its homeland and just lately obtained an expression of gratitude from the Mexican embassy in Washington DC.
“A beneficial witness of our Maya historical past returns residence … because of the generosity of Anne Lee Dozier,” Mexico’s ambassador to the US, Esteban Moctezuma Barragan, wrote on X. “This historic jewel shall be reintegrated throughout the assortment of [Mexico’s National Museum of Anthropology and History] to protect our wealthy cultural heritage.”
Un valioso testigo de nuestra historia maya regresa a su hogar 🇲🇽#México.
Gracias a la generosidad de Anne Lee Dozier, ciudadana estadounidense, recuperamos una vasija clásica, datada entre el 200 y 800 d.C. Esta joya histórica será reintegrada al acervo del @INAHmx para… pic.twitter.com/ySsF1vCU5k
— Esteban Moctezuma Barragán (@emoctezumab) June 18, 2024
“It regarded old-ish, however I assumed possibly 20, 30 years outdated and a few form of vacationer replica factor so I introduced it residence,” Ms Dozier instructed WUSA-TV.
Ms Dozier and her household returned the vase to Mexican Ambassador Estaban Moctezuma Barragan in a ceremony held on the Cultural Institute of Mexico.
“I’m thrilled to have performed an element in it is repatriation story. I would really like it to return to its rightful place and to the place it belongs,” she stated, “However I additionally need it out of my residence as a result of I’ve three little boys and I’ve been petrified, nicely it is gone now, however I used to be petrified that after two-thousand years I’d be the one to wreck it!”
