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Art
Gallery Talk: African and Oceanic Art from the Barbier-Mueller Museum, Geneva: A Legacy of Collecting
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Mblo Twin Mask
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Wednesday Sep 16, 2009 (11am–noon)
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Directions: Main Building: Take the 4, 5, or 6 train to 86th Street and walk to Fifth Avenue; OR take the M1, M2, M3, or M4 bus along Fifth Avenue. The Cloisters: Take the A train to 190th Street and walk, or transfer to the M4 bus and ride north one stop.
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Free with museum admission
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This talk focuses on African objects in this exhibition, which presents highlights of the Oceanic and African masterpieces on loan from the Geneva museum’s collection, the culmination of 80 years of collecting. The talk will be given by Yaëlle Biro, research assistant at the Met. (FM assistive listening devices available). Meet on the 1st floor in the Galleries for Arts of Africa, Oceania, and the Americas—The Michael C. Rockefeller Wing at 11 a.m.
Image: Mblo Twin Mask. Côte d’Ivoire; Baule peoples. 19th century. Provenance: Roger Bédiat, Côte d’Ivoire, before 1955; [Henri Kamer, 1955]; Barbier-Mueller collection, since 1978.
