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Leather Art Museum

Leather in the world

One of the rooms displaying world art: shadow theatre, Ekoi heads, etc.

One of the rooms displaying world art: shadow theatre, Ekoi heads, etc.

Leather objects have been extremely important in non-European cultures in Africa, the Americas and Asia. The articles on display synthesise the strong artistic content of utilitarian or cultural leather objects from all world cultural traditions and show the great aesthetic wealth of the different cultures that have produced them.

OBJECTS

<p>Ekoi head from the second half of the 20th century, wood wrapped in leather and cane, 37 &times; 15 &times; 28 cm, Nigeria.&nbsp;Leather Art Museum. Vic.</p>

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Ekoi head
Ekoi head
<p>Parfleche, 18th-19th centuries, raw and polychromed hide, 23 &times; 85 &times; 35 cm, Canada.&nbsp;Leather Art Museum. Vic.</p>

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Parfleche
Parfleche
<p>A Chinese box decorated with haiku poems, 18th-19th centuries, wood covered in red-lacquered leather, 8.5 &times; 12 &times; 17 cm, China.&nbsp;Leather Art Museum. Vic.</p>

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Chinese box
Chinese box
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