This is a zebra skin drum from Ethiopia.

Internet Resources: Here are some links which will get you started in your quest for knowledge. The Internet is growing at an astounding rate. This list does not include every Website on Africa, only the best of the sites that we visited! Lonely Planet Destinations Web page at: http://www.lonelyplanet.com.au/ dest/dest.htm World Flag Database (Nigeria section) Web page at: http://www.flags.net/ NGRA.htm University of Iowa Art and Life in Africa Project Web page at: http://www.uiowa.edu/ ~africart/ Welcome to Ethiopia Online Website at: http://ethiopiaonline.net/ Africa--WWW Links Web page at: http://www.siu.edu/ ~anthro/mccall/AfricaLinks.html Bayley Art Museum Exhibition Catalog; African Art: Aesthetics and Meaning Web page at: http://www.lib.virginia.edu/ dic/exhib/93.ray.aa/African.html

Museum Loan Kits: A kit is available for the topic of Africa: Artifact Kit - Africa Audio-Visual Kit - Africa and Melanesia Art Kits can be checked out by Illinois school teachers free of charge. For a complete list of kit topics please visit: educational loan kits For more information please contact Bob DeHoet at (618) 453-5388 or email him at: drhoet@siu.edu

Printed Resources: The Museum Explorers Library contains books on Africa. Books in this special library can be checked out by Museum Explorer teachers free of charge. Please see our Museum Explorers Library Web page.

Previous Explorer Projects: To view school pages please visit our Museum Explorers School Pages.

This is a black mask from the Senufo Tribe in Africa. It is made of wood and called a "Double Fire Spitter." Notice the two mouths?