A coloured collotype on postcard stock by photographer JP Fernandes from 1912, titled, Ostafrikanische Schönheit (East African Beauty) from Zanzibar. This is part of a collection of Christraud M. Geary. Picture: Smithsonian Institution’s National Museum of African Art. PHOTO | SMITHSONIAN INSTITUTION'S NATIONAL MUSEIM OF AFRICAN ART
More than 150 artworks richly expressive of the cultural mix of the Swahili Coast are now on view in Washington, DC, in an unprecedented exhibition.
Titled World on the Horizon: Swahili Arts Across the Indian Ocean, the show at the Smithsonian Institution’s National Museum of African Art runs until September 3.
