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The Cernyw and Morna Kline Collection of African Material
Culture
Between 1967 and 1969, Cernyw Kline, as a
doctoral student in agricultural engineering, participated in a USAID project
that involved conduction research in Ethiopia, Sudan, Kenya, Uganda, Tanzania,
Nigeria, Ghana, Cote d'Ivoire, Senegal, and Gambia. With his wife Morna,
he collected a number of pieces including a significant collection of Christian
art made in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia. They donated the collection to the MSU
Museum in 1972.
Collectors/Fieldworkers:
Cernyw and Morna Kline
Related Collections:
Ethiopian Material Culture Collection
Joseph Druse Collection of Nigerian Material Culture
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]
"Expressions of Africa: Selections from the Museum Collections of Michigan
State University," Kresge Art Museum, East Lansing, Michigan, September 19-December 15, 1989.
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, 2005.
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