IFAN Museum of African Arts

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art museum ethnographic museum museum

The IFAN Museum of African Arts is one of West Africa’s oldest and most important museums, renowned for its extensive collections of traditional African art and cultural artifacts.

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Musée d’Art Africain de l’IFAN 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf art museum ⓘ
ethnographic museum ⓘ
museum ⓘ
affiliation Cheikh Anta Diop University ⓘ
surface form: Cheikh Anta Diop University of Dakar
category Art museums and galleries in Senegal ⓘ
Ethnographic museums in Africa ⓘ
Museums in Dakar ⓘ
collectionFocus African material culture ⓘ
West African cultures ⓘ
collectionType archaeological objects ⓘ
cultural artifacts ⓘ
ethnographic objects ⓘ
historical objects ⓘ
traditional African art ⓘ
continent Africa ⓘ
country Senegal ⓘ
culturalSignificance major repository of West African art ⓘ
reference center for African arts and traditions ⓘ
exhibits archaeological finds ⓘ
masks ⓘ
musical instruments ⓘ
ritual objects ⓘ
sculptures ⓘ
textiles ⓘ
focusArea Francophone West Africa ⓘ
Sahelian cultures ⓘ
hasFunction educational institution ⓘ
public museum ⓘ
research institution ⓘ
hasNameInFrench IFAN Museum of African Arts self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Musée d’Art Africain de l’IFAN
languageOfName French ⓘ
locatedIn Dakar ⓘ
Dakar ⓘ
surface form: Medina, Dakar
notableFor extensive collections of traditional African art ⓘ
one of West Africa’s most important museums ⓘ
one of West Africa’s oldest museums ⓘ
research on African cultures ⓘ
operator Fundamental Institute of Black Africa ⓘ
Institut Fondamental d’Afrique Noire ⓘ
ownedBy state of Senegal ⓘ
purpose exhibition of African arts ⓘ
preservation of African cultural heritage ⓘ
research and documentation of African cultures ⓘ
region West Africa ⓘ
subjectOf studies on African art history ⓘ

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