Yale Peabody Museum to Repatriate Bird Effigy Pipe to 3 Cherokee Tribes
October 16, 2026
October 16, 2026
WASHINGTON, Oct. 16 (TNSFR) -- The Yale Peabody Museum at Yale University, New Haven, Connecticut, intends to repatriate a bird effigy soapstone pipe to three Cherokee tribes.
The pipe is classified as an unassociated funerary object and was donated to the museum by Reverend Edward O. Dunning, likely between 1869 and 1870.
The museum determined that the cultural item was connected to Native American funerary practices and has cultural affiliations with the Cherokee Nati . . .
The pipe is classified as an unassociated funerary object and was donated to the museum by Reverend Edward O. Dunning, likely between 1869 and 1870.
The museum determined that the cultural item was connected to Native American funerary practices and has cultural affiliations with the Cherokee Nati . . .