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William Mithoefer Collection of African Textiles
In 1991, William Mithoefer donated a collection
of 95 African textiles to the MSU Museum. Included in the collection are
more than 40 commemorative cloths (thirty of which are full-size kente cloths)
from the Akan region of Ghana and Cote d’lvoire. The collection also
includes clothing and textiles from Cameroon, Liberian, Senegal, Nigeria,
Guinea, Upper Volta, Mali and Gabon. Mithoefer also donated a number of
Mende masks from Sierra Leone, and an Akan wood carving of a royal procession
made by artist Daniel Opare of Ghana.
Collectors/Fieldworker/Donors:
William Mithoefer
Realted Collections:
Ethiopian Material Culture Collection
Exhibitions:
"African Connections: Perspectives on Collection Culture,"
Michigan State University Museum, East Lansing, Michigan, January 31,
1999-September 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]
African Textiles from The MSU Museum Collections, Lansing Mall,
Lansing, Michigan, February-May, 1997.
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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