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Paul Clifford Collection of African and Pre-Columbian Art

 Collection
Identifier: SC-MS-216

Scope and Contents

The Clifford Collection of African (Ghana, Cameroon, Zaire, Liberia, Angola, Guinea), Pre-Columbian and early Mayan art includes figures, craft work, utensils, bowls, weapons, paintings, drawings, textiles, religious icons and photos of individual art pieces noting origin, composition, and approximate age, and appraised value.

Dates

  • Creation: 1969-1991

Conditions Governing Access

This collection is open for research use.

Copyright Statement

Copyright retained by the authors of items in these papers, or their descendants, as stipulated by United States copyright law.

Extent

11 Containers (Contains 2 document boxes, 1 oversize box, and 8 oversize folders)

Language of Materials

English

Acquisition Information

This collection was donated by Dr. Gerald Shinn.

Title
Paul Clifford Collection of African and Pre-Columbian Art
Status
Partially Processed
Description rules
Describing Archives: A Content Standard
Language of description
English
Script of description
Latin
Language of description note
English

Repository Details

Part of the Special Collections Repository

Contact:

910-962-7810