Five Continents Museum - African Collection Photos

Five Continents Museum in Munich displays African cultural & ethnic artifacts.

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Entrance of Five Continents Museum. Munich, Germany.Carved helmet mask with antelope skin by Ejagham or Mbube people of Nigeria at Five Continents Museum. Munich, Germany.Ibedji twin figure wood carvings from Yoruba culture of Nigeria at Five Continents Museum. Munich, Germany.Shrine figure of rogue god 'Eschu ogo Elegba' wood carving from Yoruba culture of Nigeria at Five Continents Museum. Munich, Germany.
Entrance of Five Continents Museum. Munich, Germany. Carved helmet mask with antelope skin (prior 1903) by Ejagham or Mbube people of Nigeria at Five Continents Museum. Munich, Germany.Ibedji twin figure wood carvings (early 20thC) from Yoruba culture of Nigeria at Five Continents Museum. Munich, Germany.Shrine figure of rogue god 'Eschu ogo Elegba' wood carving from Yoruba culture of Nigeria at Five Continents Museum. Munich, Germany.
Dance figure for worshipers of goddess shango from Yoruba culture of Nigeria at Five Continents Museum. Munich, Germany.Container & cover in shape of rabbit from Yoruba culture of Nigeria at Five Continents Museum. Munich, Germany.Ancestral memorial sculpture head of a king of Benin / Nigeria at Five Continents Museum. Munich, Germany.Pair of figure wood carvings from Yombe culture of Democratic Republic of Congo at Five Continents Museum. Munich, Germany.
Dance figure for worshipers of goddess shango (early 20thC) from Yoruba culture of Nigeria at Five Continents Museum. Munich, Germany.Container & cover in shape of rabbit from Yoruba culture of Nigeria at Five Continents Museum. Munich, Germany.Ancestral memorial sculpture head of a king (Oba) (18th-19thC) of Benin / Nigeria at Five Continents Museum. Munich, Germany.Pair of figure wood carvings (early 20thC) from Yombe culture of Democratic Republic of Congo at Five Continents Museum. Munich, Germany.
Female figure wood carving from Luba-Hemba culture of Democratic Republic of Congo at Five Continents Museum. Munich, Germany.Carved helmet mask from Wara culture of Burkina Faso at Five Continents Museum. Munich, Germany.Woven knobbed hat from Bamenda culture of Cameroon at Five Continents Museum. Munich, Germany.Carved helmet mask from Fang culture of northern Gabon at Five Continents Museum. Munich, Germany.
Female figure wood carving (prior 1905) from Luba-Hemba culture of Democratic Republic of Congo at Five Continents Museum. Munich, Germany.Carved helmet mask (early 20thC) from Wara culture of Burkina Faso at Five Continents Museum. Munich, Germany.Woven knobbed hat (early 20thC) from Bamenda culture of Cameroon at Five Continents Museum. Munich, Germany.Carved helmet mask from Fang culture of northern Gabon at Five Continents Museum. Munich, Germany.
Carved colonial figure on horseback from Baule culture of Ivory Coast Republic at Five Continents Museum. Munich, Germany.Carved headgear mask combining horse & antelope figures from Bamana culture of Mali at Five Continents Museum. Munich, Germany.

Carved colonial figure on horseback (early 20thC) from Baule culture of Ivory Coast Republic at Five Continents Museum. Munich, Germany.Carved headgear mask combining horse & antelope figures from Bamana culture of Mali at Five Continents Museum. Munich, Germany.


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