Man Charged With Trying To Sell 200 Year Old Skull On Ebay

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LOS ANGELES -- A California man has been charged with trying to sell the 200-year-old skull of a Hawaiian native on e-Bay.

Jerry David Hasson is accused of violating the Archaeological Resources Protection Act, a federal law that protects archaeological finds.

Authorities contend he put the skeletal remains on sale on eBay in February, claiming the warrior died on Maui in the 1790s. On the site, Hasson allegedly claimed he found the skull and other remains on a Hawaiian beach.

An undercover agent with the Bureau of Indian Affairs arranged to buy the skull. An anthropologist determined the skull was that of an adult female of Polynesian ancestry who was around 50 when she died.

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