{"id":31908,"date":"2025-09-26T13:41:35","date_gmt":"2025-09-26T11:41:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ethnomuseum.pl\/?post_type=wystawy-lista&p=31908"},"modified":"2026-03-17T13:26:17","modified_gmt":"2026-03-17T12:26:17","slug":"african-expeditions-asian-ways","status":"publish","type":"wystawy-lista","link":"https:\/\/ethnomuseum.pl\/en\/wystawy-lista\/african-expeditions-asian-ways\/","title":{"rendered":"African Expeditions, Asian Ways"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Interventions<\/mark><\/h2>\n\n\n\n

\u201eAfrican Expeditions, Asian Ways\u201d is available at the State Ethnographic Museum in Warsaw since October 2020. In 2024, it has become a subject of our reflection and actions towards a new look at the representation of African and Asian cultural heritage. An important impulse for this reflection was a meeting with our audiences, including representatives of the communities and cultures of origin of the exhibits. Using textual, visual or audio commentary, these people address a selected object or issue present in the exhibition, and the visitors can explore this material through QR codes placed in the exhibition space and available through the museum\u2019s website.<\/mark><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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List of Interventions:<\/mark><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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  1. Ivory<\/a><\/mark><\/li>\n\n\n\n
  2. Sculpture from the Kingdom of Benin<\/a><\/mark><\/li>\n\n\n\n
  3. Dress from the kingdom of Kuba<\/a><\/mark><\/li>\n\n\n\n
  4. Mami Wata<\/a><\/mark><\/li>\n\n\n\n
  5. Damaru (daru)<\/a><\/mark><\/li>\n\n\n\n
  6. The warrior\u2019s regalia: symbols of strength, identity and initiation among the Maasai<\/a><\/mark><\/li>\n\n\n\n
  7. Bai Ma Da Wang<\/a><\/mark><\/li>\n\n\n\n
  8. The olojufoforo mask<\/a><\/mark><\/li>\n\n\n\n
  9. Sculpture: Architectural Bracket with a Hunting Scene<\/a><\/mark><\/li>\n\n\n\n
  10. S\u0101rangi<\/mark><\/a><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n\n\n\n
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    Curatorial Text<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

    Exhibition Scenario:<\/strong> Ewa Ma\u0142kowska-Bieniek, Dariusz Skonieczko<\/p>\n\n\n\n

    Two vast continents, rich in diverse traditions and in both material and spiritual cultures. The newest permanent exhibition is historical in nature and presents the cultural heritage of Africa and Asia collected in the holdings of the State Ethnographic Museum in Warsaw. The stories speak of the past\u2014of how these continents were viewed through the prism of collections created in the 19th and 20th centuries. Across two floors of the museum galleries, we showcase nearly 1,300 objects. One of the newly opened galleries is dedicated to Asia, the other\u2014named after Leopold Janikowski\u2014to Africa. In both, visitors can encounter unique artefacts as well as explore stories through multimedia stations.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

    Africa<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

    Leopold Janikowski, kt\u00f3rego imieniem nazwana jest galeria afryka\u0144ska, to jeden z tych polskich afrykanist\u00f3w, kt\u00f3ry pragn\u0105\u0142 pozna\u0107 i zrozumie\u0107 odleg\u0142y od Polski kontynent. Ten polski podr\u00f3\u017cnik, eksploruj\u0105cy Afryk\u0119, zwi\u0105zany by\u0142 z Pa\u0144stwowym Muzeum Etnograficznym w Warszawie. To on, pod koniec XIX wieku zorganizowa\u0142 pierwsz\u0105 w Warszawie, wystaw\u0119 etnograficzn\u0105 po\u015bwi\u0119con\u0105 Afryce. Obecno\u015b\u0107 jego i innych Polak\u00f3w na tym kontynencie mia\u0142a inny charakter ni\u017c wsp\u00f3\u0142czesnych im Europejczyk\u00f3w. W tej cz\u0119\u015bci mo\u017cemy przyjrze\u0107 si\u0119 obiektom zwi\u0105zanym z w\u0142adz\u0105 i magi\u0105, kr\u00f3lowie i czarownicy s\u0105 istotnymi figurami galerii.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

    Asia<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

    Asian routes have been traveled by wanderers for centuries. The Asian gallery aims to present not only their geographical paths but sometimes their mystical ones as well. The Buddhism of the Lesser, Greater, and Diamond Paths, the middle way, the way of knowledge, the way of combat, the way of the sword and bow, the way of tea, of flowers\u2014these can all be found in our exhibition. Among the unique objects are, for example, Japanese dolls representing the imperial couple and a Korean celadon bowl, from which the color \u201cceladon\u201d most likely derives.
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    AFRICAN EXPEDITIONS, ASIAN WAYS is an exhibition that crowns a project aimed at modernizing the infrastructure of the historic building of the State Ethnographic Museum in Warsaw.<\/div>\n\n
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    The renovation of the exhibition halls, the creation of new educational rooms, and the purchase of multimedia equipment are intended to make the collections of the State Ethnographic Museum more accessible to a wide audience. We believe that by improving our institution\u2019s infrastructure, we will be better able to showcase and educate about the diversity of world cultures.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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