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Departments: Primitive Art, 1958 - 1959

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Scope and Contents

Principal respondent: Powell, Jane P. Correspondence and memos regarding moth infestation and destruction of Eskimo fur costumes; loan and exchange with National Anthropology Museum, Mexico City; Pre-Columbian art exhibition; television show; gifts and purchases, including Solomon Islands shield, glove, Bobo mask (Schindler gift), ivory Benin gong; overdue loans; exhibition of African Primitives.

Dates

  • 1958 - 1959

Creator

Extent

From the Series: 6 Linear Feet

Language of Materials

English

Repository Details

Part of the Brooklyn Museum Archives Repository

Contact:
Brooklyn Museum
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Brooklyn NY 11238