New York Times: UB historian discusses authenticity of burial emblem

An article in The New York Times about questions over the authenticity of an emblem -- a sankofa -- found on coffin uncovered during a building excavation in Lower Manhattan in 1991, which originally was believed to be a symbol printed on funereal garments in 18th-century West Africa, quotes Erik R. Seeman, associate professor of history, whose new study treats the sankofa claim skeptically.