03 May 2012 @ 6:53 PM 
 

Sad News about the african art database at Yale

 

It is a sad thing that this is happening, especially for the people who consult
it.  the comparative search engine for african art  http://yvra.library.yale.edu/ will be discontinued, it was a great tool to find objects and related objects on specific tribes and the related documentation.

See a sample for a Luluwa mask search, and below the fiche of the Luluwa mask sold at Sotheby’s African art  next week during the Tribal Art New York week

Luluwa mask Werner Muensterberger

The Official announcement of Yale:

NEWS OF THE ARCHIVE

ANNOUNCEMENT ON THE FUTURE OF THE YALE-VAN RIJN ARCHIVE OF AFRICAN ART

After many years, since the Yale University Art Gallery received the Guy van
Rijn Archive of African Art in 2001, we are planning to migrate the database to
the Yale University Library Digital Collections available for cross-collection
search by the Yale community of students, faculty, staff, and others who have
access to the Yale digital system. As of August 1, 2012, the website http://yvra.library.yale.edu/
will no longer exist.

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The rest of this article is available to African Art Club members only.

Tags Categories: african art Posted By: nordend
Last Edit: 04 May 2012 @ 08 43 AM

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  1. carlo says:

    I find it very sad and disturbing that only a small elite group can acces the Yale files in the future. I’ve also posted over the years several photos on the Yale files, like several private collectors, and I will ask the Yale files to retract those photos! Maybe other people can do the same and maybe this small elite group will change it’s mind and make the files again accessable to everyone.
    Maybe we can start a petition against the Yale files and ask them to make the files again accessable to everyone!! I don’t have the experience to create a petition, or something else, but I would defenatly sighn up!
    Yours, Carlo

  2. Randy Kahn says:

    I am hoping that among us there is a savvy tech person that can copy the archive (with permission) and make it available to us. I think if enough of us chipped in a nominal fee we could maintain it. It also could use a good Spring cleaning if you follow me, many pieces listed should be in the furniture section at Pier One imports, or kept for a cold winter night when the fireplace needs a new log.

    RK

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