Highlights of the Collection of the Ethnologisches Museum

Featherwork Madonna, Mexico (late 18th century) © Staatliche Museen zu Berlin, Ethnologisches Museum / Stiftung Humboldt Forum im Berliner Schloss, digital reproduction: Philipp Jester | Jens Blank

Memorial head of a queen mother, Nigeria, Kingdom of Benin, 16th century / ownership transferred to Nigeria on 25 August 2022, to be featured on loan in the Benin exhibition at the Ethnologisches Museum. © Staatliche Museen zu Berlin, Ethnologisches Museum / Martin Franken; CC NC-BY-SA

Mask, New Ireland, ca. 1900 © Staatliche Museen zu Berlin, Ethnologisches Museum / Claudia Obrocki; CC NC-BY-SA

Barrigón stone figure, Guatemala (500–300 BC) © Staatliche Museen zu Berlin, Ethnologisches Museum / Stiftung Humboldt Forum im Berliner Schloss, digital reproduction: Philipp Jester | Jens Blank

Cacique of the Quimbaya people, Colombia (500–700 AD) © Staatliche Museen zu Berlin, Ethnologisches Museum / Stiftung Humboldt Forum im Berliner Schloss, digital reproduction: Philipp Jester | Jens Blank

Zuni Hemis Kachina figure, Hopi, von den Steinen collection, 1899 © Staatliche Museen zu Berlin, Ethnologisches Museum / Dietrich Graf; CC NC-BY-SA

Mwana poo mask, Angola, Chokwe, 20th century © Staatliche Museen zu Berlin, Ethnologisches Museum / Martin Franken; CC NC-BY-SA

Hmong appliqué for decorating jackets © Staatliche Museen zu Berlin, Ethnologisches Museum / Martin Franken; CC NC-BY-SA

Outrigger boat from the Santa Cruz Islands (Solomon Islands) in the Ethnologisches Museum’s module “Oceania: People and the Sea – A Sea of Islands” at the Humboldt Forum © Staatliche Museen zu Berlin / Stiftung Humboldt Forum im Berliner Schloss / Alexander Schippel

Decorative face garb, Bedouin, Negev, Israel, mid-20th century, Sonia Gidal collection, 1980 © Staatliche Museen zu Berlin, Ethnologisches Museum / Claudia Obrocki; CC NC-BY-SA

Figure of the Deity Sope, Micronesia (prior to 1877) © Staatliche Museen zu Berlin, Ethnologisches Museum / Stiftung Humboldt Forum im Berliner Schloss, digital reproduction: Philipp Jester | Jens Blank

Stone sculpture, cuauhcoatl, Aztec, Central Mexican Highlands, 1350–1521 © Staatliche Museen zu Berlin, Ethnologisches Museum / Claudia Obrocki; CC NC-BY-SA