SIGNS OF THE TIMES / TIMES OF THE SIGNS VI. A century of change at Kondi Pegue

Areas of particular interest

Copied from Desplagnes (1908)     © Frobenius-Institut, Frankfurt am Main (2003)     © Musée de l'Homme/Musée du Quai Branly, Paris (2003)

Photo Louis Desplagnes (1905)
 
 		    
Photo Leo Frobenius (1908)
 
 		    
Photo Marcel Griaule (1931-1933)
 
© Rijksmuseum voor Volkenkunde, Leiden (2003)     © Alain Gallay (2003)     © Walter van Beek (2003)

Photo Herman Haan (1964)
 		    
Photo Alain Gallay (1965)
 		    
Photo Walter van Beek (1986)
 
© Walter van Beek (2003)     © Karl-Heinz Striedter (2003)     © Brigit Dietz (2003)

Photo Walter van Beek (1991)
 
 		    
Photo Karl-Heinz Striedter (1992)
 		    
Photo Brigit Dietz (2000)
 
 
© Cornelia Kleinitz (2003)              

Photo Cornelia Kleinitz (2001)
 

This section shows clearly that intricate detail applied on the motifs earlier in the century had largely disappeared by the 1960s. By that time paintings were being created that differed considerably from those previously present: in the 1964 photograph a group of 'dromedaries' (red and white) and anthropomorphs (black) are visible. All these had disappeared by 1986, except for one. Motifs in the central and right hand part of this section were altered beyond recognition between 1986 and 1991.

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