"This collection, I have always felt the simple custodian, thinking that it should be shared by the greatest number."
A simple photo and this sentence inscribed on an ebony partition welcomes the public to the new Marc Ladreit de Lacharrière space.
Thus, the west mezzanine, the main one of the three which overlooks the plateau of the permanent collections at the Quai Branly-Jacques Chirac Museum, is now the definitive setting for the works, mainly of African art, but also of Oceania, donated by the philanthropist.
Come in.
Here there are fewer rooms, but all of very high quality, and a little more light for greater comfort of the visit and a more stimulated attention to detail.
Here two traditional display cases with a set of statues on one side, figurines or special objects on the other, such as this mangbetu hairpin, a marvel of ivory finesse, or this olifant of the same material with a sculpted tip. of two crocodiles in half-relief.
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