Four days before the Louvre heist catapulted conversations about security to the global stage, thieves in California snatched more than 1,000 items, including Native American artifacts, belonging to a Bay Area museum. The news of the theft was announced by local authorities on October 29, and police are now seeking tips related to the case. In the early morning hours of October 15, an unknown number of suspects broke into an off-site storage facility housing collection items from the Oakland Museum of California. Approximately 20 investigators from the FBI Art Crime Team have been assigned to the case. A spokesperson for the museum told Hyperallergic that among the items stolen were two early 20th-century cooking baskets made by unnamed Native American artists, engraved walrus tusks from the early 19th century, and three modernist silver necklaces by jeweler Florence Resnikoff. Read the full story by isaislearninghowtouseacamera at the link in bio. . . . Florence Resnikoff’s “Reve...