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? ________________ Stuart Park General Manager Museum Resources & National Services, Te Papa, Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa, Wellington, New Zealand. [log in to unmask] - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Change ICOM-L subscription options and search the archives at: http://home.ease.lsoft.com/archives/icom-l.html