Jane Martin (1931-2020) graduated from Bryn Mawr College with two degrees in History, an A.B. in 1953 and an M.A. in 1958. She then earned a Ph.D. in African History from Boston University in 1968, focusing her research on the Glebo people of Eastern Liberia. She taught African History at the University of Calabar in Nigeria and the University of Liberia in the 1970s. In 1984, she returned to Liberia to work as the Executive Director of the United States Educational and Cultural Foundation in Liberia (USECF/L), a position she held until 1989. After her retirement in 1997, she continued her work promoting binationalism between the United States and Liberia. While she worked and traveled in Africa, she collected a wide variety of art and cultural objects, most of which were donated to the College. The Jane Martin Collection in the Art & Artifacts Collections consists of 138 objects, ranging from masks, Ashanti goldweights, baby carriers, and toys made from recycled flip-flops. Jane’s donation marked an opportunity for a significant joint acquisition across Art & Artifacts and the College Archives. The Jane Martin Papers include her field
notes, archival research, photographs, sound recordings, lesson plans, timesheets, artist biographies, handwritten catalogue cards, and personal and professional correspondences. The Jane Martin Papers provide a rich history of her academic and humanitarian work, while adding context for some of the objects in her collection.
Comb 2016.14.64
Comb 2016.14.66
Comb 2016.14.68
Comb 2016.14.69
3 Stem Stand with Head Finials 2016.14.95
Africa, How Many Prices? 2016.14.38
Akan Comb 2016.14.62
Akan Comb 2016.14.63
Akan Comb 2016.14.65
Akan Comb 2016.14.67
Akan Comb 2016.14.70
Amulet Vessel 2016.14.96
Amulet Vessel 2016.14.99
Amulet Vessel 2016.14.101
Amulet Vessel 2016.14.150
Amulet Vessel 2016.14.151
Amulet Vessel with Lizard Decoration 2016.14.100
Awale (Sowing Game) 2016.14.147-2016.14.148
Baby Carrier 2016.14.107
Baby Carrier 2016.14.108
Bead 2016.14.113
Bowl 2016.14.79
Brass Bell 2016.14.129
Brass Bowl 2016.14.127
Brass Cup 2016.14.109
Brass Ring 2016.14.130
Chief's Chair 2016.14.1
Coins 2016.14.110
Dan Brass Bell 2016.14.124
Dan Brass Bell 2016.14.125
Dan Brass Bell 2016.14.126
Dan Cloth Stamp 2016.14.136
Deangle Face Mask 2016.14.24
Degeï (Toro) (Heddle Pulley) 2016.14.76
Divination Pestle 2016.14.137
Doll 2016.14.48
Doll 2016.14.49
Ere Ibeji (Twin Figure) 2016.14.77
Ere Ibeji (Twin Figure) 2016.14.78
Fante Cloth 2016.14.6
Female Kongo Reliquary Figurine 2016.14.141
Figure 2016.14.140
Flute/Whistle 2016.14.103
Forowa (Lidded Vessel) 2016.14.81
Genre Scene 2016.14.3
Gold Weight 2016.14.123
Gold Weight of a Chief's Stool 2016.14.74
Gold Weight of an Asipim 2016.14.73
Gonde Sande Mask 2016.14.21
Gourd Rattle 2016.14.85
Hairpin 2016.14.72
Horn 2016.14.97
Ink Drawing of a Helmet Mask 2016.14.59
Ink Drawing of Helmet Mask (Three Views) 2016.14.60
Ironsmith 2016.14.45
Janus-Faced Sande Society Sowei Helmet Mask 2016.14.18
Kagle (Animal Mask) 2016.14.25
Ke-Die (Figure) of a Woman 2016.14.133.a-b
Kente Cloth 2016.14.7
Kente Cloth 2016.14.8
Kente Cloth 2016.14.57
Kente Cloth 2016.14.58
Kente Cloth 2016.14.93
Kissi Pennies 2016.14.111.a-w
Korhogo Mud Cloth 2016.14.56
Korhogo Mud Cloth with Zoomorphic Design 2016.14.5
Kpokpogi (Circular Stool) 2016.14.149
Krahn Hairpin 2016.14.71
Kuba Basket with Lid 2016.14.80
Liberian Brass Ring 2016.14.119
Liberian Brass Ring 2016.14.120
Liberian Brass Ring 2016.14.121
Loma Gourd Rattle 2016.14.105.a-b
Loma Iron Bell 2016.14.131
Maasai Female Figure 2016.14.138
Mandingo Flintlock Pistol 2016.14.82
Manilly or Nitien (Currency or Amulet) 2016.14.122
Manilly or Nitien (Currency or Amulet) 2016.14.132
Mano Janus-faced Ke-Die (Stela) 2016.14.135
Mano Janus-faced Ke-Die (Stela) 2016.14.139
Mende Female Figurine 2016.14.84
Opon Ifa (Divination Tray) 2016.14.94
Pipe 2016.14.104
Poro Society Gola Gbetu Mask 2016.14.22
Poro Society Gola Gbetu Mask 2016.14.23
Potomowaka (Slingshot) 2016.14.134
Saa Saa (Gourd Rattle) 2016.14.106.a-b
Sande Society Gonde Helmet Mask 2016.14.14
Sande Society Sowei Helmet Mask 2016.14.9
Sande Society Sowei Helmet Mask 2016.14.12
Sande Society Sowei Helmet Mask 2016.14.13
Sande Society Sowei Helmet Mask 2016.14.15
Sande Society Sowei Helmet Mask 2016.14.16
Sande Society Sowei Helmet Mask 2016.14.20
Sande Society Sowei Helmet Mask 2016.14.10
Sande Society Zoba Helmet Mask 2016.14.2
Sande Society Zoba Helmet Mask 2016.14.4
Sande Society Zoba Helmet Mask 2016.14.11
Sande Society Zoba Helmet Mask 2016.14.17
Sande Society Zoba Helmet Mask 2016.14.19
Sewing Scene 2016.14.47
Side-blown Ivory Trumpet 2016.14.102
Side-blown Trumpet with Lizard Imagery 2016.14.98
Small Brass Bowl 2016.14.128
Spindle Whorl Bead 2016.14.112
Spindle Whorl Bead 2016.14.114
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Spindle Whorl Bead 2016.14.115
Spindle Whorl Bead 2016.14.116
Spindle Whorl Bead 2016.14.117
Spoon with Sheep Head 2016.14.92
Squared Bell 2016.14.118.a-b
The Butcher 2016.14.44
The Drummer 2016.14.46
Toy Airplane 2016.14.37
Toy Bicycle 2016.14.52
Toy Boat with Helicopter 2016.14.27
Toy Bus 2016.14.32
Toy Bus 2016.14.43
Toy Car 2016.14.26
Toy Elephant 2016.14.54
Toy Helicopter 2016.14.33
Toy Helicopter 2016.14.41
Toy Helicopter 2016.14.42
Toy Helicopter with Ship 2016.14.36
Toy Motorcycle 2016.14.51
Toy Plow Truck 2016.14.34
Toy Tank 2016.14.29
Toy Tank 2016.14.39
Toy Tow Truck 2016.14.40
Toy Tricycle 2016.14.53
Toy Truck 2016.14.28
Toy Truck 2016.14.31
Toy Truck 2016.14.50
Toy Vehicle 2016.14.30
Toy Vehicle 2016.14.35
Tuareg Bowl 2016.14.87
Tuareg Hairpin 2016.14.61
Tuareg Knife and Sheath 2016.14.83.a-b
Wakemia or Wunkirmian (Ceremonial Ladle) 2016.14.88
Wakemia or Wunkirmian (Ceremonial Ladle) 2016.14.89
Wakemia or Wunkirmian (Ceremonial Ladle) 2016.14.90
Wakemia or Wunkirmian (Ceremonial Ladle) 2016.14.91
Wakemia or Wunkirmian (Ceremonial Ladle) 2016.14.142
Wakemia or Wunkirmian (Ceremonial Ladle) 2016.14.143
Wakemia or Wunkirmian (Ceremonial Ladle) 2016.14.144
Wakemia or Wunkirmian (Ceremonial Ladle) 2016.14.145
Wakemia or Wunkirmian (Ceremonial Ladle) 2016.14.146
