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Exoticism as taste

The word "exoticism" refers to something that is foreign to us, but also the attraction of strangeness and an imaginary elsewhere. So, for museum goers, the objects that the explorers brought back were charged with dreams of adventure.

Our exotic objects

The baroque ornamentation of a mancala board reveals a European’s passion for a game played throughout Africa and Asia, and taken by slaves to the Caribbean.

Bibliograpy

• Fuerst, René. 1994. Bois sculptés des mers du sud. Ivrea (Italie) : Priuli & Verlucca, Musée d'ethnographie de Genève, Pages 19 et 24