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Nancy and George Axinn Collection of African
Art and Textiles
In 1991, Nancy and George Axinn donated to the
MSU Museum a collection of over 40 textiles made by artists in Akwete, a
village of weavers in Nigeria. The Axinns purchased the cloths, woven from
local cotton and dyed with indigo, directly from the weavers. Included in
the collection is an appliquéd funeral cloth made from bark cloth and overlaid
with symbols cut from British cottons that are made specifically for the
West African market. In addition to the textiles, the Axinns also donated
160 cultural items from Ethiopia and Nigeria including basketry, wood and
pottery containers, masks and sculptures, Ethiopian paintings and silverwork,
Coptic crosses, and Nigerian beads, amulets, and necklaces.
Collectors/Fieldworkers/Donors:
Nancy and George Axinn
Related Collections:
Robert Glew Collection of Nigerien Material Culture
Joseph Druse Collection of Nigerian Material Culture
Ethiopian Material Culture Collection
Exhibitions:
"African Connections: Perspectives on Collecting Culture," Michigan State
University Museum, East Lansing, Michigan, Jan. 31, 1999 - Sept. 5, 1999.
[see Raymond Silverman, http://museum.msu.edu/Exhibitions/Virtual/AfCon/
(28 March 1999) for more information on collectors of African material
for MSU Museum]
Publications:
Raymond A. Silverman. "African Connections Perspectives on Collecting Culture,"
[virtual exhibition] http://museum.msu.edu/Exhibitions/Virtual/AfCon/
(Jan. 6, 2003)
--compiled by Raymond Silverman, Lynne Swanson, and Marsha MacDowell, 2005.
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