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Autobiography of a Métis saddle

Autobiography of a Métis saddle

Invisible Collections 2024

A saddle made in the early 19th  century in North America by the Métis, one of the three Aboriginal peoples recognized in Canada, reveals all its secrets. Why is it kept at the MCAH? Why was it brought to Switzerland? What does it say about Métis culture in the 19th century and today?

In FR and EN

From October 11 2024. Open every day except Monday. Free entrance 
Lausanne, Palais de Rumine, Frédéric Troyon Room (1st floor)

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