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Reportedly between 1968 and 1971 to 1990 David R. Nalin purchased in East Pakistan (modern-day Bangladesh) [1] From 1990 Freer Gallery of Art, purchased from David R. Nalin [2] Notes: [1] David R. Nalin is an American physiologist who worked at the Cholera Research Hospital in Dhaka when it was part of Pakistan from 1967 until the Liberation War of 1971, and then again in 1972 after the creation of Bangladesh. Nalin collected sculptures while living abroad and later employed Peter Marks Works of Art to manage his collection. In 1989, Peter Marks (d. 2010), of Peter Marks Works of Art, provided the Freer Gallery of Art with a "summary of acquisition, ownership, and history" relating to a sculpture now in the collection of the National Gallery of Australia, Canberra (NGA89.1365), copy in object file. In the document, Marks instructed that the contents of the document should "apply to any object in the [Nalin] collection." The summary reports that in 1969, Nalin shipped his collection from Dhaka to Chittagong then onto Karachi and finally onto New York. Nalin "assumed[d] that the customs agent[s] handled all clearances and declarations according to the laws and agreements in effect at the time." [2] Peter Marks Works of Art, acted as an agent for David R. Nalin in the sale of the sculpture. See Invoice from Peter Marks Works of Art, September 18, 1990, original in accession file. The Freer Gallery of Art issued payment on September 28, 1990. Research completed November 15, 2022. Freer Gallery of Art Collection The Art of Knowing in South Asia, Southeast Asia, and the Himalayas (March 25, 2023 - ongoing) Gods, Companions, and Devotees (October 14, 2017 to March 13, 2020) South and South East Asian Art (May 9, 1993 to February 7, 2000) Leaves from the Bodhi Tree: the Art of Pala India (November 11, 1989 to December 2, 1990) Medieval Sculpture from Eastern India (1985) Dr. David R. Nalin Peter Marks Works of Art, Inc. (active 1960-2002)