Ethnography Collections |
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Ethnography Collections The Ethnographic Arts Collection is comprised of objects from around the world. The founder of Bryn Mawr’s Anthropology Department, Frederica de Laguna ’27, was instrumental in the creation and growth of this important collection. This colllection has been augmented by the William S. Vaux Collection, a gift of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia, which consists of ethnographic material (as well as archaeological objects—see below) from North, Central and South America. Other important collections include the Mace Neufeld and Helen Katz Neufeld’53 Collection of African and Oceanic Art; the Twyeffort-Hollenback Collection of Southwest Pottery and Native American Ethnography, the George and Anna Hawks Vaux '35, M.A. ‘41 Collection of Native American Basketry; and pieces collected in Oceania by former Anthropology professor Dr. Jane Goodale. These main collections have been augmented by important gifts from faculty, alumna and friends of the College such as Frederica de Laguna '27, Margaret Feurer Plass '17, Conway Zirkle and Helen E. Kingsbury '20, M.A. ‘21, Professor Richard Davis, Professor Philip Kilbride, and Professor Emeritus Milton C. Nahm. |