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- Mask collection: The museum’s best-known display, with carved wooden masks from several southwest groups. Look at the different forms, from leaf-covered to plank-shaped, to see how each community expresses spirits and ancestors.
- Traditional musical instruments: Balafons, drums and string instruments are shown by type and origin. They help you recognize the sounds you will hear in the city’s evening venues.
- Ethnographic displays of daily life: Tools, cloth, pottery and household objects show how farming and craft communities in the Houët area lived. They are simple but concrete.
- Ritual and initiation objects: Statues and ceremonial items link to the beliefs behind masquerades. Staff can often explain the context if you ask.
- Traditional dress and adornment: Garments and jewelry reveal differences
- Mask collection: The museum’s best-known display, with carved wooden masks from several southwest groups. Look at the different forms, from leaf-covered to plank-shaped, to see how each community expresses spirits and ancestors.
- Traditional musical instruments: Balafons, drums and string instruments are shown by type and origin. They help you recognize the sounds you will hear in the city’s evening venues.
- Ethnographic displays of daily life: Tools, cloth, pottery and household objects show how farming and craft communities in the Houët area lived. They are simple but concrete.
- Ritual and initiation objects: Statues and ceremonial items link to the beliefs behind masquerades. Staff can often explain the context if you ask.
- Traditional dress and adornment: Garments and jewelry reveal differences between ethnic groups and the role of cloth and beads in status.
- Museum courtyard: A quiet shaded space for a break between rooms, useful on a hot afternoon.
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