Putnam Museum & Science Center to Repatriate Funerary Objects to 1 of 5 Native American Tribes
September 10, 2026
September 10, 2026
WASHINGTON, Sept. 10 (TNSFR) -- The Putnam Museum and Science Center, Davenport, Iowa, intends to repatriate six associated funerary objects to five Native American tribes, according to a notice published by the U.S. Department of the Interior National Park Service.
The objects include two funerary vessels, two shell tools, one lot of shell ornaments and one lot of pearl beads. Clarence B. Moore removed the vessels and shell tools from burial sites in Georgia during excavations betw . . .
The objects include two funerary vessels, two shell tools, one lot of shell ornaments and one lot of pearl beads. Clarence B. Moore removed the vessels and shell tools from burial sites in Georgia during excavations betw . . .