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)     © Rijksmuseum voor Volkenkunde, Leiden (2003)

Photo Herman Haan (1964)
 
   
Photo Alain Gallay (1965)
 
   
Photo Rogier Bedaux (1976)
 
© Walter van Beek (2003)     © Walter van Beek (2003)     © Karl-Heinz Striedter (2003)

Photo Walter van Beek (1986)
 
 
   
Photo Walter van Beek (1991)
 
 
   
Photo Karl-Heinz Striedter (1992)
 
© Brigit Dietz (2003)     © Cornelia Kleinitz (2003)       

Photo Brigit Dietz (2000)
 
   
Photo Cornelia Kleinitz (2001)
 

In this section the change of detail coupled with a change in form is clearly visible. Detail was widely lost by 1965. From the 1980s motifs were painted more crudely, leading to an enlargement of the motifs at the expense of their original form.

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