NMP RECEIVES THE LATEST GIFT TO THE NATION—A BURIAL JAR LID FROM PALAWAN, REPATRIATED BY THE MADISON COUNTY HISTORICAL SOCIETY IN WINTERSET, IOWA, USA

On 14 June, the National Museum of the Philippines received its latest Gift to the Nation, a burial jar lid from Brooke’s Point, Palawan, repatriated by the Madison County Historical Society (MCHS) in Winterset, Iowa, USA.

The limestone burial jar lid, which features an anthropomorphic figure, traces its provenance to Brooke’s Point, Palawan, where donor Donald Thomas acquired the piece as a gift in the 1960s. Later, in 1992, Thomas donated the lid to the MCHS. On 29 May, the burial jar lid was transferred to the Philippine Consulate General in Chicago, who has been assisting the MCHS and the NMP in the repatriation process. 

This repatriation comes just months after the return of the much-larger Sally A. von dem Hagen Collection of Limestone Burial Jars to the country.

The National Museum of the Philippines would like to extend its deepest appreciation to the Madison County Historical Society for this important repatriation and to the Philippine Consulate in Chicago for their tireless assistance in bringing the object home.  

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