Putnam Museum to Repatriate 28 Funerary Objects to Muscogee Creek Nation
October 31, 2026
October 31, 2026
WASHINGTON, Oct. 31 (TNSFR) -- The Putnam Museum and Science Center in Davenport, Iowa, intends to repatriate 28 unassociated funerary objects to The Muscogee (Creek) Nation.
The collection includes ceramics, beads, a spear point, shell cups and digging tools. Eleven of the 28 objects are missing, including one ceramic, one lot of shell beads and nine shell cups.
The objects were removed from burial contexts at archaeological sites in Georgia. In 1926, Warren K. Moorehe . . .
The collection includes ceramics, beads, a spear point, shell cups and digging tools. Eleven of the 28 objects are missing, including one ceramic, one lot of shell beads and nine shell cups.
The objects were removed from burial contexts at archaeological sites in Georgia. In 1926, Warren K. Moorehe . . .