 In the summer of 1997, the
Natural History Museum invited Los Angeles community leaders to join with
museum staff in creating an exhibit drawn from the institution's own African
holdings. The ten people who responded became the Committee of Selectors,
whose sensibilities guided the project. Working as a group behind the scenes
in the museum's collections management area, the selectors created an exhibit
of 150 pieces, chosen from among the 5,000 objects in the African collections.
In some cases, committee members also wrote about their choices for museum
visitors. The exhibit is greatly enriched by the selectors' shared personal,
professional and community perspectives.
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NHM collection number: F.A.721.76-43
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