Hommage aux missionnaires ethnographes, récolteurs d'objets de la collection Afrique

On Tuesday, March 31st, from 6–7 PM, a talk will held at the Musée d'ethnographie of Geneva entitled "Hommage aux missionnaires ethnographes, récolteurs d'objets de la collection Afrique (Tribute to missionaries ethnographers, collectors of objects in the African collection)." Speaker will be Floriane Morin, curator of the Africa Department of the MEG. The objects in the collection are witnesses of local magico- religious practices , tools of everyday life and artifacts produced in the workshops of mission stations.


Visit the MEG website for information on more events.

Album d’aquarelles du pasteur Fernand Grébert. 1913-1932. 

Image courtesy of the MEG

Tribal Art Sale - Native Brussels

Native will present a sale of tribal art and artifacts in Brussels on June 7. A wide range of African and Oceanic items will be offered, including over thirty pieces from the collection of Karel Timmermans.

View the online catalogue.

Power figure  -  Songye, D.R. Congo

Mask  -  Lwalwa, D.R. Congo

Mask  -  Tsanghi, Gabon

Reliquary  -  Tsogho, Gabon

Images courtesy of Native Brussels