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CollectionKlaas de Jonge

A collection of art and ethnography from various parts of Africa collected over several decades.

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CollectionKlaas de Jonge

A collection of art and ethnography from various parts of Africa collected over several decades.

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CollectionKlaas de Jonge

A collection of art and ethnography from various parts of Africa collected over several decades.

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African art

The private collection of Klaas de Jonge. It is a large collection of African objects and tribal art built up over many years, whilst De Jonge lived, worked and explored much of the African continent.

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Geographic locations

The Lega peoples live on the southeastern edge of the central African rainforests of the Democratic Republic of the Congo, between the great lakes and the Lualaba River, next to Luba people.

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The collector

Klaas de Jonge (born 1937) is a Dutch civil rights defender who became internationally known as an activist against the Apartheid in South Africa, forced to spend two years as an asylum seeker.

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Atspire is an art collector and exhibition venue in Utrecht located in the city's central district, where temporary exhibitions and private collections are presented for sale.

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