Metropolitan Museum of Art Begins Transfer of Chickasaw Ancestral Figure
May 15, 2026
May 15, 2026
WASHINGTON, May 15 (TNSFR) -- The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, is beginning the transfer of a Native American cultural item connected to the Chickasaw Nation under the Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act, according to a notice published by the National Park Service.
The museum identified one cultural item included in the repatriation process. According to the notice, the item is a quartz sandstone male figure crouching on one knee. Museum records list the . . .
The museum identified one cultural item included in the repatriation process. According to the notice, the item is a quartz sandstone male figure crouching on one knee. Museum records list the . . .