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The Collector(s) / Donor(s) Virginia Artis and her late husband, Jay, lived in Uganda for two years in the early 1970s. Jay, a member of the the Michigan State University Sociology Faculty, was teaching sociology and statistics at Makerere University in the country's capital, Kampala, under the auspices of the Rockefeller Foundation. Virginia taught pre-school at a self-help center in Kampala.She had some previous knowledge of the visual arts and music and became interested in the arts and craft traditions of Uganda. Jay and Virginia were given gifts, and they also purchased a variety of artifacts--musical instruments, baskets, furniture, figurative sculpture, clothing and jewelry. Many of these acquisitions were donated to the Museum in 1995. Collector(s) / Donor(s) Statement The Object(s) There is not much published information on the manufacture or use of baskets like this one. Virginia Artis has provided information that this particular basketry plate was made by Sudanese refugees who, in the 1970s, wove and sold their work along the road between Entebe and Kampala. Further Information Books and Articles Kathleen Margaret Trowell. Tribal Crafts of Uganda. London: Oxford University Press, 1953. Internet Resourcesnone
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