The Miami County Museum had a Peruvian artifact estimated to be more than a thousand years old. Now, that artifact is returning to Peru. The museum in Paola has started giving back part of its collection. The Miami County Historical Society and Museum received a 38-piece collection of pre-Columbian artifacts from a Kansas City couple’s trust five years ago. Pre-Columbian is a term used to describe an era of thriving indigenous art in the Americas before the arrival of Christopher Columbus. The artifacts are believed to have come from the Nazca region in Peru.
It was determined the countries of origin were Mexico, Ecuador, Guatemala and Peru. Peru is the first country to send someone to collect the artifacts, but the museum is now in talks with other countries to see if someone can collect the other items.
