We have been offered the opportunity to display temporarily some
dinosaur eggs, purchased in Hong Kong, where the dealer said he had got
them from another dealer in Boulder, Colorado.  But they have no
documentation of place of origin, or certificate of export.  Our
suspicion is that they are from China, because that's where most egg
discoveries have been made.

Our acquisition policy prohibits us from acquiring objects that have
been illicitly exported from their country of origin, and I think
borrowing for temporary display probably falls into the same category.

Can someone tell me what the export restrictions / requirements are for
dinosaur material from China, or from the USA should they have come from
there?

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Stuart Park
General Manager Museum Resources & National Services,
Te Papa, Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa,
Wellington, New Zealand.
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