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Looted art from Kenya: When the display cases remain empty
The project Invisible Inventories addresses the consequences of colonial looted art for Kenya: It rips deep hole in the identity of the people.
Empty display cases symbolize the absence of Kenyan cultural assets at the Nairobi National Museum
What would a Catholic church be without a cross? Or without a holy water font, statues of saints or tabernacles? It would be a place of gathering, but not much more. After all, faith is expressed not only in interaction with other people, but also through objects that are part of religious rituals. ....

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Piecing together Kenya's missing cultural artworks


The East African
Saturday May 08 2021
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A comprehensive review of misappropriated Kenyan objects of art is on display at the Invisible Inventories exhibition in the Nairobi National Museum. The exhibition comes after a two-year collaborative study of the International Inventories Programme (IIP) to investigate a body of cultural items held in institutions across the globe.
The IIP is a partnership of the National Museums of Kenya, Goethe-Institut, the Nest (Nairobi), the Rautenstrauch-Joest Museum in Cologne and the Weltkulturen Museum in Frankfurt.
Walking through the exhibition, I immediately noticed several empty stands, a visual testament to the missing items. The lost works include ceremonial instruments, shields, smoking pipes, jewellery, carvings and more. Though housed abroad, not all the missing items are not all viewable. At the Rautenstrauch-Joest Museum in Cologne, 82 out of 83 Kenyan pieces have not been publicly displayed. ....

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