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Postcard from Marseille, France: Unmasking cultural richness of overseas indigenous peoples

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Above: Display in Musee d’Arts Africains, Oceaniens, Amerindiens housed in a portion of La Vieille Charite

Stunningly exquisite, feathered pieces; masks meant to placate gods or frighten enemies; and skulls and shrunken heads all abide together in the city’s Musee d’Arts Africains, Oceaniens, Amerindiens. With dramatic lighting illuminating its exhibits, Marseille opened the museum in 1992 in the renovated Vielle Charite.

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