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Collection Title
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Frank E. Pinder Collection
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Alternate Title
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Professor Frank Pinder
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Collection ID
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AR_0010
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Creator
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Frank E. Pinder
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Date
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1900-1999
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Abstract
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Frank E. Pinder, II, a 1933 graduate of FAMU, donated most of his collection of artifacts, papers, and Africana to the Florida Black Archives Research Center and Museum (MEBA) at FAMU in 1983. A cross-section of African history and culture, the collection includes paintings, tapestries, and cloth, protective shields from Zambia, necklaces from Mali, gold weights from Ghana, small iron figurines, and dolls from Liberia dressed in the colorful costumes of each of the independent African countries.
Other artifacts are associated with the Coptic Church of Ethiopia. Among those are a large brass processional cross mounted on an ebony block, a 250-year-old Bible, and an array of crosses, hewn in silver and brass and mounted on large panels.
Pinder was born in Key West and collected most of the objects during his career and travels in the newly independent states of sub-Saharan Africa. He had more than 40 years of international assignments related to agriculture with the Department of State and the United Nations, and received many honors.
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Subjects
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African Art and Material Culture, African paintings, African tapestries and cloth, Protective shields – Zambia, Necklaces – Mali, Gold weights – Ghana, Small iron figurines – West Africa, Dolls in national costumes – Liberia, Religion and Spirituality, Coptic Church of Ethiopia, Ethiopian Orthodox processional crosses (brass, mounted on ebony block), 250-year-old Ethiopian Bible, Ethiopian silver and brass crosses (mounted panels), African Nations Represented, Zambia, Mali, Ghana, Liberia, Ethiopia, Other newly independent sub-Saharan states, Themes, Africana collections, African independence and nationhood, Cultural identity and representation, Decorative and ritual objects, Cross-cultural exchange and diplomacy, Personal / Biographical, Frank E. Pinder, II (FAMU Class of 1933), African American collectors and philanthropy, Agricultural development (U.S. State Department and United Nations service), African American international service and diplomacy, Honors and recognitions for international contributions, Geographic Coverage, Sub-Saharan Africa, West Africa (Mali, Ghana, Liberia), East Africa (Ethiopia), Southern Africa (Zambia), Key West, Florida (birthplace of Frank E. Pinder, II)
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Restrictions and Rights
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All rights reserved. The use of any part of these objects and photographs transmitted in any form by any means, electronic, mechanical, photocopying, recording, or otherwise, or stored in a retrieval system without the prior written consent of Meek-Eaton Black Archives is an infringement of the copyright law.
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Spatial Coverage
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