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he exhibition is a presentation of the African Collection of Ivan Melicherčík, who, through his long-standing activities and activities around his African collection, has crossed the boundaries of interest collecting and opened the way to the exploration of African cultures in the spirit of the Central European traditions of Emil Holub. From the original thousand or so objects he acquired, he managed to cut down a collection containing 400 sacred or cult objects from sub-Saharan Africa. They primarily represent three cultural regions - the Sahel with its savannah, West Africa around the Gulf of Guinea and Central Africa, with smaller overlaps into East and Southern Africa. The aim of this exhibition is not only to show the aesthetic side, but also to open a discussion on the content of the mythological, spiritual and cultural messages of the presented objects.