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Archives Center - Selected African Holdings

National Museum of American History

Selected items with African Origination


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NMAH: National Museum of American History

A handmade AIDS red ribbon pin from South Africa. Since the first reports thirty years ago, the illness has become chronic and manageable as effective multi-drug treatments have reduced mortality. …






NMAH: National Museum of American History

Kissi pennies are made from iron and take their name from the Kissi people of modern-day Liberia, Sierra Leone, and Guinea. It is believed that the shape was intended to …


NMAH: National Museum of American History

Fragment of a Coptic tapestry weave border. One of a group of fragments of Coptic textiles purchased by the museum in the 1960s, when the Textile Division was tasked with …