Livre - 978-3-99020-154-1

In the collections of the Weltmuseum Wien almost 300,000 objects from all continents of the world carry an impression of their cultural origins within themselves. Each one of them has its very own biography. It can relate who produced it; who used it in what way and on what occasions; what understanding of the world accompanied its usage; also who removed it from its original world, and why, and brought it to a museum; and ultimately how it lent meaning to the world of its original owner.