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Bring global adventures to your classroom!..Loan a safari travel trunk and explore the world through artifacts, books, and videos!
Travel trunks may be loaned for four weeks...The charge is $20.00 plus cost of UPS shipping (for current Safari Museum members there is no charge except for shipping)...All Safari Museum educational kits and trunks can be customized to better fit the educators' curriculum...If you have a special subject, call 620-431-2730 and ask for the education department...To insure availability, please make reservations as early as possible!

Trunks can be shipped UPS anywhere in the world!


African Tribal Trunk
The artifacts in this Safari Museum Trunk were purchased in Africa so students could study African art in their classrooms...A list of artifacts and supporting material that are typically included in this kit are listed below.
Musical Instruments
  • African Talking Drum & Curved Playing Stick
  • Animal Hide Drum (played with hands)
  • Gourd Rattle
  • 2 Bell Rattles
  • 2 Thumb Pianos (African name: Sansa)
  • Xylophone & Mallets (African name: Balifon)
  • Double Maraca (made in Zambia from seed pods, wood, & pebbles)


    • Art and Sculpture
  • Ceremonial Masks, styles vary but may include examples from the following people: Bamana (Bambara), Dan, Dogon, Ibo, Marka, Masai, Meru, Mossi, or Senufo
  • Assorted Wooden Carvings (wildlife and statuary)
  • Assorted Stone carvings (wildlife and statuary)
  • Basketry and Weaving Examples
  • Ethiopian painting on goatskin (traditional storytelling art style)
  • Tinga-Tinga Paintings on wood (modern art form from Tanzania)


    • Household Artifacts
  • Cooking Stove
  • Metal Ladle
  • 2 Gourd food utensils: Container with Lid (used as milk jar) & Ladle
  • Head Ring with Basket
  • Adze (African tool for mask making and art creations)
  • Owari Game Board & Playing Seeds (Also called Mancala)
  • School Boy's Slate (wooden board with Arabic homework shown)
  • 4 Toy Dolls
  • 4 pieces of clothing (Boys Cap, Straw Hat, Caftan, Leather Slippers)
  • Soft Grass Basket with strap
  • Oil Lamp (recycled biscuit & gasoline cans)
  • Headrest (wooden sleeping support for head, looks like a small carved stool)


    • Books, Videos & Miscellaneous Information
  • 3 Johnson Videos
  • Safari Museum Books: Empty Masks, Cultural Heritage of Africa, Snowball and No Sir (Osa Johnson's children's stories)
  • 7 Assorted African-themed books
  • Manila Envelope (filled with activities, games etc.)
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    Martin and Osa Johnson Trunk
    - Biographical Material -

    ...Martin and Osa Johnson Thrilled Audiences with Pioneering Documentaries of Africa and the South Seas…

    ...He was brave, daring, sincere, and epitomized the American values of hard work and resourcefulness...He was a master filmmaker who pioneered wildlife cinematography in some of the most untamed regions of the Africa and the South Pacific Islands...He was also a showman who knew how to fill theaters and movie houses with audiences eager to see films of his latest adventures.

    ...She was beautiful, photogenic, charming, a crack shot, and enjoyed high adventure...She had no equal when it came to tracking wildlife and to organizing the logistics of complex safaris...Yet she was not a tomboy...Her elegant wardrobe and a great stage presence frequently earned her the title of one of the best-dressed women in America...Men and women on three continents admired her.

    ...Together, Martin and Osa Johnson were acclaimed filmmakers, photographers and explorers...They were American heroes, who in the style of Richard Byrd, Frank Buck, and Charles Lindberg brought the adventure and fascination of Africa and the South Pacific Islands into the homes of millions of Americans.

    ...The materials in this Safari Museum Trunk focus on the adventurous lives and travels of Kansas’ most famous couple.

    - Johnson Feature Films -

    ...In the 1920s and 30s, the Johnsons were celebrities of the first magnitude...Theater marquees heralded their films, the press eagerly recorded their comings and goings, and the public turned out to greet them where ever they went...Their films featured lions, wildebeests, elephants, gorillas, and tribal peoples.

    ...Educators may chose up to three Johnson or Johnson-related videos to accompany this trunk...For a complete film list click here.

    - Johnson & Safari Museum Books -

    ...Martin and Osa Johnson wrote 18 books and published hundreds of articles...Sets containing up to 20 copies of Osa’s books, I Married Adventure (1940) and Bride of the Solomons (1941) can be loaned in this trunk for use as a class book report...Single copies of the other Johnson books may also be sent in this trunk...To see a complete list of Johnson books click here.

    ...The Safari Museum has a selection of books and booklets that reprint Johnson original stories Snowball and No Sir (Osa Johnson's children's stories), or related books concerning the collections of the Safari Museum...When loaning the trunk, ask an education staff member what is currently available.

    - Johnson Photographs -

    ...A selection of copy prints of Johnson original photographs can be included in this trunk based on educators’ request.



    Osa Johnson Book Trunk

    Host a book club by reading and discussing any of the following Osa Johnson Books:

    I Married Adventure

    Four Years in Paradise

    Bride in the Solomons

    Snowball & No Sir (Osa's Children's Books)

    The trunk provides up to 20 copies of these books and a copy of their corresponding Johnson documentary film when possible for use in your book club or class reading program.

     


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