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Congo as fiction : art worlds between past and present /

For the first time, this exhibition presents objects and photographs that the German art anthropologist Hans Himmelheber collected during his field trip to the Congo in 1938-39: coloured masks, imposing figures, and richly decorated everyday objects. These are contrasted with contemporary positions...

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Bibliographic Details
Corporate Author:	Museum Rietberg
Other Authors:	Guyer, Nanina, Oberhofer, Michaela
Format:	Book
Language:	English
Published:	Zürich : Scheidegger & Spiess, [2020]
Subjects:	Art, Congolese (Democratic Republic) > Exhibitions. Himmelheber, Hans, > 1908-2003 > Art collections > Exhibitions. Himmelheber, Hans, > 1908-2003.

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