CONGO

^{Mask, kifwebe. Artist of the Songye region, around 1900.}

For the first time, this exhibition presents objects and photographs that the German art anthropologist Hans Himmelheber collected during his field trip to the Congo in 1938–39: coloured masks, imposing figures, and richly decorated everyday objects. These are contrasted with contemporary positions by renowned Congolese artists.

_{(Photo courtesy of Collection Hans Himmelheber, Museum Rietberg.)}