The purpose of this collection is not to promote art for art’s sake, but to stimulate knowledge of the context in which these objects were made and used. If it is not difficult to fully appreciate these works with a modern eye, one should remember that they were created for a reason.
We set out to rediscover the culture which gave rise to the collection without appropriating it. Indeed, there are no ‘artists’ here—the objects’ creators remain anonymous. The works mainly exist today due to the continuum of their function, a fact that in no way diminishes their intrinsic beauty.
The forces behind this collection are both a love for things of beauty and a quest to remember and rediscover the function of these objects and the culture that produced them.
This Web site will evolve, continuously enriched by not only the collection pieces, but also the reflections on and documents about this material culture and its context. It is the beginning of a journey, not a destination.
