As it moves from communities in Africa to Los Angeles, a historical object’s path is rarely simple. This exhibition shifts the focus from function to other, lesser-known stories layered within each object, drawing on the dual meaning of “belongings”—as both possessions and senses of affinity, kinship, or identity.
As it moves from communities in Africa to Los Angeles, a historical object’s path is rarely simple. This exhibition shifts the focus from function to other, lesser-known stories layered within each object, drawing on the dual meaning of “belongings”—as both possessions and senses of affinity, kinship, or identity.