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Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
Scope Note: https://lccn.loc.gov/sh86004777

Found in 2 Collections and/or Records:

African Art: United States Fish and Wildlife Service

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Collection number: MS-115
Abstract

Songye tribal masks and power figures from Congo, Africa. Seized by United States Fish and Wildlife Service while being smuggled into Hartsfield International Airport. Some pieces incorporated materials harvested from endangered species, which were removed. United States Fish and Wildlife Service donated these materials to Valdosta State University Archives in 2011. Another intake of 6 items being smuggled from Cameroon were donated in 2015.

Dates: Acquired: 2011-08-26
Found in: Valdosta State University Archives and Special Collections / African Art: United States Fish and Wildlife Service

Songye African Art MS-115, 2014

 File — Box 5, Folder: 77
Collection number: 77
Scope and Contents

Valdosta State University Archives and Speical Collections correspondence for the Songye African Art collection, MS-115.

Dates: 2014
Found in: Valdosta State University Archives and Special Collections / UA -15-7-8, Deborah Davis Papers / Box 5: Archives Acquisitions Records