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Armlet (detail). Feathers, barkcloth, palm leaves and cotton. Kayapó Txukarramãe, Pará, Brazil. Collected by Luiz Boglar, 1988. Collection Weltkulturen Museum. Photo: Wolfgang Günzel
Ear pendant (detail). Beetle wings, feathers. Jíbaro_Shuar, Peru. Collected by Alfred Großmann, 1925-1930. Collection Weltkulturen Museum. Photo: Wolfgang Günzel
Andrias Aimo, 2019, Etoka Enunga. Acrylic on paper. Avim, Upper Korewori, New Guinea. Collected by Tomi Bartole, 2019. Collection Weltkulturen Museum
Material for an armband, strip of tortoise shell engraved patterns, Southeast New Guinea, Melanesia. Collection and acquisition unknown. Collection Weltkulturen Museum. Photo Wolfgang Günzel
Earrings. Gold. Peulh of Mali, West Africa. Purchased from Thomas Schunk, 1989. Collection Weltkulturen Museum. Photo: Wolfgang Günzel
Earrings (detail). Gold. Peulh of Mali, West Africa. Purchased from Thomas Schunk, 1989. Collection Weltkulturen Museum. Photo: Wolfgang Günzel
Headband. Plant material, jewel beetles. Mount Hagen, New Guinea. Purchased from R. Diepen during the Sepik Expedition, 1961. Collection Weltkulturen Museum. Photo: Wolfgang Günzel
Headband. Plant material, jewel beetles. Mount Hagen, New Guinea. Purchased from R. Diepen during the Sepik Expedition, 1961. Collection Weltkulturen Museum. Photo: Wolfgang Günzel
Headband. Plant material, jewel beetles. Mount Hagen, New Guinea. Purchased from R. Diepen during the Sepik Expedition, 1961. Collection Weltkulturen Museum. Photo: Wolfgang Günzel
Obsidian blade. California, USA. Donation from Richard Mehlhorn, 2014. Collection Weltkulturen Museum. Photo: Wolfgang Günzel
GREEN SKY, BLUE GRASS. COLOUR CODING WORLDS
Our world(s) are full of colours, but not every culture sees things in the same way. While the biological capacity for perception is identical all over the world, the meanings and associations thereby evoked can sometimes differ greatly. Featuring exhibits in the museum’s collection from locations such as New Guinea, the Amazon, Tibet and Java, this exhibition explores the material nature of colours and examines research from the perspectives of language and symbolism.
Weltkulturen Museum
Schaumainkai 29
60594 Frankfurt am Main
€7 / reduced €3.50
Free admission for children and teenagers under the age of 18
Opening times: Tue.–Sun. 11am – 6 pm , Wed. 11 am – 8 pm
