so that a curator me shiloh obo who far invited contemporary artists from the democratic republic of the congo to take part in the exhibition they created works that responds to the historical objects and photographs from the museum he bags collection. the starting point for the exhibition is the archive of german ethnologist hunts him and he. traveled to the congo in 1938 on an art expedition commissioned in part by the ethnological museums in geneva and basel him a hero purchased hundreds of sculptures masks and other art objects on these trips . and he documented his transactions with local residents in his diary which has survived to this day. adds to construct of the ask the artists what techniques they use what their process was their aesthetic concepts and what was truly new for the time is that he documented their name and document. mask made from calorie shelves and textile. initiation mask porn's. mask of a woman's face all produced before 939. today the artworks that him a hero collected are important historical documents but the fact that the art dealer was able to acquir