Exhibition view “Invisible Inventories: Questioning Kenyan Collections in Western Museums”; Weltkulturen Labor; Photo: Peter Wolff 2021
Snuff box (Frankfurt); Kamba, Kenya, 19th / 20th century; Horn, leather, iron; Artist/craftsperson: not documented; Collector: probably Carl Georg Schillings; Previous owner: Königlichen Zoologischen und Anthropologisch-Ethnographischen Museum (now: Staatliche Kunstsammlung Dresden); In the Weltkulturen Museum since 1910; Photo: Peter Wolff
Exhibition view “Invisible Inventories: Questioning Kenyan Collections in Western Museums”; Weltkulturen Labor; Photo: Peter Wolff 2021
Ndoome, ‘Dance Shield’; Kikuyu, Kenya; 19th/20th century; Wood, colour pigments; Artist/craftsperson: not documented; Dealer: William Ockleford Oldman; In the Weltkulturen Museum, Frankfurt am Main since 1911; Photo: Peter Wolff
Kamba figure (Frankfurt); Kamba, Kenya, 1974; Wood; Artist: Joseph Mulli; Collector: Dr Johanna Agthe; In the Weltkulturen Museum since 1974; Photo: Peter Wolff
Hirizi, Necklace (Talisman/Charm); Swahili, Kenya, 20th century Silver; Artist/craftsperson: not documented; Collector: Dr Johanna Agthe; In the Weltkulturen Museum since 1974; Photo: Peter Wolff
Exhibition view “Invisible Inventories: Questioning Kenyan Collections in Western Museums”; Weltkulturen Labor; Photo: Peter Wolff 2021
Kanga on the 8th anniversary of Kenya's independence (12.12.1971); Cotton; Producer: Tasini, Tanzania, 1971; Collector: Dr Johanna Agthe; In the Weltkulturen Museum, Frankfurt am Main since 1974; Photo: Peter Wolff
Exhibition view “Invisible Inventories: Questioning Kenyan Collections in Western Museums”; Weltkulturen Labor; Photo: Peter Wolff 2021
Elongo, Shield; Maasai, Kenya, 19th/20th century; Wood, buffalo skin; Artist/craftsperson: not documented; Previous owner: The Wellcome Historical Medical Museum, London, Great Britain; In the Weltkulturen Museum Frankfurt since 1955; Photo: Peter Wolff
Exhibition view “Invisible Inventories: Questioning Kenyan Collections in Western Museums”; Weltkulturen Labor; Photo: Peter Wolff 2021
Exhibition view “Invisible Inventories: Questioning Kenyan Collections in Western Museums”; Weltkulturen Labor; Photo: Peter Wolff 2021
Finger ring; Swahili (?), Kenya, 20th century; Coin, silver; Artist/craftsperson: not documented; Collector: Dr Johanna Agthe; In the Weltkulturen Museum since 1974, Photo: Peter Wolff
Exhibition view “Invisible Inventories: Questioning Kenyan Collections in Western Museums”; Weltkulturen Labor; Photo: Peter Wolff 2021
Exhibition view “Invisible Inventories: Questioning Kenyan Collections in Western Museums”; Weltkulturen Labor; Photo: Peter Wolff 2021
Hirizi ya fedha, Amulet (protective silver amulet); Swahili, Kenya, 20th century; Silver; Artist/craftsperson: unknown goldsmith in Mombasa; Collector: Dr Johanna Agthe; In the Weltkulturen Museum since 1974; Photo: Peter Wolff
Exhibition view “Invisible Inventories: Questioning Kenyan Collections in Western Museums”; Weltkulturen Labor; Photo: Peter Wolff 2021
Exhibition view “Invisible Inventories: Questioning Kenyan Collections in Western Museums”; Weltkulturen Labor; Photo: Peter Wolff 2021
Exhibition view “Invisible Inventories: Questioning Kenyan Collections in Western Museums”; Weltkulturen Labor; Photo: Peter Wolff 2021
CURATORS’ GUIDED TOUR ***FULLY BOOKED***
“Invisible Inventories: Questioning Kenyan Collections in Western Museums”
with Julia Friedel (curator of the Africa collection)
How can we make Kenyan cultural assets that are possessed by institutions in the Global North accessible to present-day Kenyan society? Since 2018, this question has been addressed by the “International Inventories Programme” (IIP), which brings together Kenyan and European artists and scholars.
After shows in Nairobi and Cologne, the exhibition project “Invisible Inventories” can now be seen at the Weltkulturen Museum in Frankfurt. The curator of the Africa collection, Julia Friedel, give an insight into how the international project came about and its significance.
€3 / €1.50
Costs of the tour included in admission fee.
Weltkulturen Museum, Schaumainkai 37
Please register via the booking button “TERMIN BUCHEN”.
