| Museum Details |
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| Name: | Rijksmuseum voor Volkenkunde (National Museum of Ethnology) |
| Street Address: | Steenstr 1 |
| City: | Leiden |
| State: | |
| Country: | Netherlands |
| Zipcode: | 2300 AE |
| Telephone: | 071-516-8800 |
| Fax: | 31-071-512-8437 |
| Email: | info@rmv.nl |
| Website: | http://www.rmv.nl |
| Staff Contacts: | Dir: Steven Engelsman;
Cur (Latin Amer): L. van Broekhoven;
Coll Mgmt: Graeme Scott |
| Quality of Online Info: | English translation; Descriptions of individual objects in permanent collection; Surfing requires many steps; Icons open up many windows;
Searchable database in Dutch--produces no results; Links to other Ethnographical museums |
| Size: | medium |
| Focus: | Ceramic vessels and figurines; stucco sculptures; Highlights: engraved Leiden plaque, representing a ruler, Door Lintel 2 from La Pasadita, and a painted ceramic vessel, depicting a ball game |
| Source: | Grube, Nikolai, ed. Maya: Divine Kings of the Rain Forest. Cologne: Konemann, 2000. 450-51, 454.
Schulze, Marco and Boris Eggers, eds. Museums of the World. 11th Rev. and Enl. ed. Volume 1.
Handbook of International Documentation and Information Series. Volume 16.
Muchen: K.G. Saur, 2004. 481. U of Utah Libraries.
http://www.rmv.nl/ |