[wapadc] contact to value African diaspora memorabilia earrings

Greetings all.  Is there anyone on this list that has contacts at the African American museum or elsewhere in the Baltimore/Washington area who could help me find someone who could accurately appraise and honestly/appropriately help me market a pair of african/carribean tourist earrings from the 1940s?  These are the kinds of things that were considered ethnic then and are now understood as racist.

I found them in a box of jewelry from my grandmother/mother and would like to get them into the hands of someone which will use them for educational or other appropriate purposes and out of mine.  I can't just give them away to a museum because I need the money for vet bills.

Any suggestions would be appreciated.

Thanks,

Jo Anne

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Jo Anne Schneider, PhD

Associate Research Professor, George Washington University

jschneid@email.gwu.edu

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