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Head Trophy
(Nigeria, 20th century) VISITORS’ CHECKLIST
Ekoi tribes transformed their
enemies’ heads into war trophies, Practical Information
decorating them with wooden 37 Quai Branly. Map 10 E2.
horns and antelope skins. Tel 01 56 61 70 00.
Open 11am–7pm Tue, Wed &
Sun, 11am–9pm Thu–Sat.
Closed Mon (except during all
school hols besides summer
Mezzanine Different-sized hols), 1 Jan, 25 Dec. 7 & 8
0 - = Exhibitions, film,
level display boxes library, theatre. ∑ quaibranly.fr
Boxes jut out
of the building Transport
façade, lending it q Alma-Marceau, Bir-Hakeim,
a unique shape. Iéna. @ 42, 63, 72, 80, 82, 92.
W Pont de l’Alma.

. Androgynous Statue
(Mali, 10–11th century)
This 1.91 m (6 ft 3 in)
wooden statue combines a
regal male head with the
breasts of a fertile woman.
The bracelets worn around
the wrist total seven, the
number of perfect union.

Main collection
Ramp from level
entrance level

Gallery Guide
Tickets are bought outside the
main building. Once inside,
visitors take a 180-m (590-ft) Yup’ik Mask
ramp that spirals up around a (Alaska)
large glass tower displaying the This shaman mask
museum’s reserve of musical represents the spirit
instruments. This leads to the of the Moon and
is used in dances
main collection level, where performed inside
a suggested route passes the communal
through four colour-coded men’s house.
zones of Oceania, Asia, Africa
and the Americas. There are
stairs from the main collection
level to the three mezzanine
galleries, all of which house
temporary exhibitions.

Key to Floorplan
Asia
Africa
The Americas
Oceania . Museum Architecture
Temporary exhibition space Set on pillars above the verdant museum gardens, architect Jean
Nouvel’s elegant building resembles the elongated shadow of the
Musical instrument tower nearby Eiffel Tower. An exterior glass wall and thickets of trees help
Non-exhibition space shield the museum from the outside world.

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