Selected African Holdings

Selected African Holdings

National Museum of African American History and Culture

Selected items with African Origination


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NMAAHC: National Museum of African American History and Culture · 1841

A first edition manuscript of Roger Sherman Baldwin’s arguments before United States Supreme Court in the trial United States v. Schooner Amistad, 1841. The Octavo pamphlet-manuscript is constructed of handstitched …


NMAAHC: National Museum of African American History and Culture · 1832

A membership certificate to the American Colonization Society for Sarah Emlen Cresson signed by James Madison as the president of the society on February 22, 1832. The certificate has pre-printed …


NMAAHC: National Museum of African American History and Culture · 1818

A telescoping spyglass presented to Sir Llewelyn Turner by Admiral Lord Clarence Edward Paget. The outer tube of the spyglass is made of mahogany and has brass fittings holding glass …


NMAAHC: National Museum of African American History and Culture · 1800

Contemporary manilla, a form of currency that circulated in West Africa, in a semi-circular horseshoe shape, with slight flairs at ends. The manilla has white and green pigmentation from corrosion.


NMAAHC: National Museum of African American History and Culture · 1800

Contemporary manilla, a form of currency that circulated in West Africa, in a semi-circular horseshoe shape, with slight flairs at ends. The manilla has slight green pigmentation from corrosion.


NMAAHC: National Museum of African American History and Culture · 1800

Contemporary manilla, a form of currency that circulated in West Africa, in a semi-circular horseshoe shape, with slight flairs at ends. The manilla has green pigmentation from corrosion.


NMAAHC: National Museum of African American History and Culture · 1774

Fox’s Wages Book This volume contains information regarding a voyage of the ship Fox, a 146 ton brigantine that left Liverpool on March 8, 1774. The ship stopped first in …


NMAAHC: National Museum of African American History and Culture · 1750

A large wooden bowl with an uneven shape and a rounded bottom. The lip is decorated with incised Adinkra symbols. Formed metal pieces were nailed over 2 separate cracks, acting …


NMAAHC: National Museum of African American History and Culture

This is a wooden afro pick comb from Ghana. Made of light colored wood, it is not glossy and has probably not been treated. Of the six teeth, one on …


NMAAHC: National Museum of African American History and Culture

Round, pin-back button featuring an image of a dove next to a green silhouette of South Africa. Button has black background and yellow type. Type reads, [A / N / …