Image: Beaded Collars, Kenya or Tanzania, Glass beads, wire, leather, 20th century, 2022-016-006-007-008. Gift of David Katz, Mingei International Museum.
“The exhibition African by Design celebrates the brilliance of African craft and design from the past and the present,” says Mingei Director of Exhibitions and Chief Curator, Emily G. Hanna. “Each work invites us not just to consider the object, but also the makers whose inspiration and sense of design made an everyday object extraordinary.”
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