Happenings

Through May 16, 2010, the Museum der Kulturen will be showing an exhibition devoted to the art of weaving in West Africa. The textiles and clothing displayed, which come from Mali, Nigeria, Ghana, and Côte d’Ivoire, were collected by the museum in the 1970s in the course of an expedition sponsored by the Swiss National Science Foundation. Renée Boser-Sarivaxénavis, former curator of the African department, and Bernhard Gardi, the museum’s current curator, assembled nearly a thousand textiles and textile works during their sixteen months of travels.