It then became part a prized piece of the Ancient Greek and Roman collection of the Michael C. Carlos Museum in Atlanta, Georgia, until it was finally repatriated to Greece in early 2024.

[3] Nevertheless, the Terpsichore statuette was acquired by the Michael C. Carlos Museum in Atlanta, United States, in 2002, alongside some other artifacts of dubious provenance and legality.

[4] Throughout its history of acquiring its antique collection the museum has come under fire several times for "turn[ing] a blind eye" to the doubtful provenance of a number of its acquisitions and failing to exercise the appropriate diligence in favour of enlarging its classical-art collection—considered to be the most prominent one in the southeast US—speedily.

[3] In April 2022, the file with all the documentation and evidence was submitted to the Greek Embassy in Washington and, with the mediation of the Consul of Greece in Atlanta, a new round of contacts between the representatives began.

[8] Mendoni said that the artifacts would be exhibited in Athens for some time before being returned to their respective regions;[8] the statuette was kept on display at the Fethiye Mosque in the Roman agora of the city until 31 May 2024.

[2][11] The marble statuette, which is smaller than lifesize, depicts a young female figure identified as the goddess Terpsichore resting her weight with her left elbow on a tall tree trunk, and is dated back to the second century BC during the Hellenistic period.