Birmingham Museum of Art to Repatriate Cultural Items to Chickasaw Nation
August 29, 2026
August 29, 2026
WASHINGTON, Aug. 29 (TNSFR) -- The Birmingham Museum of Art, Alabama, will repatriate three unassociated funerary objects to the Chickasaw Nation, according to a notice published by the U.S. Department of the Interior National Park Service.
The objects are one pipe bowl, one string of shell beads and one axe head. The items were removed on unknown dates from Lauderdale County, Alabama, by Samuel Fischer III of Birmingham. The pipe bowl and shell beads were collected in Florence, whi . . .
The objects are one pipe bowl, one string of shell beads and one axe head. The items were removed on unknown dates from Lauderdale County, Alabama, by Samuel Fischer III of Birmingham. The pipe bowl and shell beads were collected in Florence, whi . . .