UCLA’s Fowler Museum displays 20th-century West African headdresses
The Daily Bruin highlights Fowler Museum exhibition, "Joli!"
Daily Bruin reporter Lisa Aubry marvels at the elaborate headdresses on display at the Fowler Museum's exhibition, “Joli! A Fancy Masquerade from Sierra Leone” and their 3-D scans that were made in partnership with the UCLA Radiology Department.
"Walking into the Fowler Museum’s latest installation is like stepping into a time machine to 20th-century Freetown, Sierra Leone.
“Did you bring your passport with you?” said curator Gassia Armenian as she led me toward the exhibition, “Joli! A Fancy Masquerade from Sierra Leone.”
The exhibit, open through July 16 at the Fowler in Focus gallery, displays 11 West African headdresses created during the 1970s. Armenian, who is a UCLA curatorial and research associate, curated the exhibition by choosing to display the headdresses from Fowler’s collection archive."— Lisa Aubry, January 12, 2017
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