Musée de la Culture Diola
LocationMlomp, Senegal
Coordinates12°33′19″N 16°35′14″W / 12.5554°N 16.5872°W / 12.5554; -16.5872
TypeFolk museum

The Musée de la Culture Diola (aka Musée de la Tradition Diola[1] and Diola Museum[2]) is a museum located in Mlomp, Casamance, Ziguinchor Region, Senegal.[3][4]

The museum covers Diola culture.[1] It is located among tall kapok trees between Elinkine and Oussouye. A guide at the museum is there to explain some of museum's objects. These include baskets used as fish traps, gris-gris worn as amulets, hoops for climbing palm trees, pestle and mortar for making palm wine, and shields made of hippopotamus hide. There are also African musical instruments.[2]

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References

  1. 1 2 "Mlomp Musée de la Tradition Diola". Lonely Planet. 28 November 2021.
  2. 1 2 "Visit of the Diola Museum". Vaolo. 28 November 2021.
  3. ↑ Museums in Senegal (Archived December 3, 2010, at the Wayback Machine)
  4. ↑ De Jong, Ferdinand (2002). "The Jola Museum: An Appropriation of Museum Practice". Journal of Museum Ethnography (14): 4–13. Retrieved 16 November 2021.


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