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Repatriations | Hui Malama I Na Kupuna O Hawai'i Nei
The University Museum has made four separate repatriation transfers totaling seventy-three human remains to Hui Malama I Na Kupuna O Hawai’i Nei. All of the remains were part of the Samuel G. Morton Collection of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadephia.
The first repatriation included an infant mummy collected in 1893 from a cave in Hanapeepee Valley, Kauai. The repatriation was completed by the Penn Museum on behalf of the Academy of Natural Sciences in August of 1991.
An additional sixty-two human remains were transferred on November 15, 1996. Please refer to the Notice of Inventory Completion for the detailed collection histories related to this repatriation. These remains were repatriated by the Penn Museum on behalf of the Academy of Natural Sciences.
An additional eight remains were repatriated on October 1, 1997. Please refer to the Notice of Inventory Completion for the detailed collection histories related to this repatriation. These remains were repatriated by the Penn Museum on behalf of the Academy of Natural Sciences.
Two human remains were transferred on September 29, 1999. In 1893, human remains representing two individuals were removed from "a lava cave on the island of Hawai'i" by Dr. J.M. Whitney. At an unknown date, Dr. C.N. Pierce donated these remains to the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia. One remain was officially transferred to the Penn Museum in 1998. The second human remain was officially transferred to the Penn Museum in 1999.
In each case, Hawaiian representatives traveled to Philadelphia to conduct repatriation ceremonies and to accompany the human remains to Hawaii.
Notice of Inventory Completion 1996
Notice of Inventory Completion 1997
Notice of Inventory Completion 1999
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