Mingei Museum, San Diego Photos

The Mingei Museum in Balboa Park displays the folk arts of the world in regularly rotating exhibits.

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Mingei Museum building in Balboa Park collect International folk arts.

Poet & Muse sculpture by Niki de Saint Phalle outside Mingei Museum.

Children play on sculpture outside Mingei Museum.

Indonesian shadow puppets of parchment at Mingei Museum.

Indonesian garuda shadow puppets at Mingei Museum.

Indonesian shadow puppets at Mingei Museum.

Indonesian shadow puppets at Mingei Museum.

Indonesian boar shadow puppets at Mingei Museum.

Indonesian face masks at Mingei Museum.

Indonesian spirit face masks at Mingei Museum.

Colorful mask from Indonesia at Mingei Museum.

Barong dance mask from Indonesia at Mingei Museum.

Ceremonial food cover from Bali at Mingei Museum.

Ritual masks from New Britain Island of Papua New Guinea at Mingei Museum.

Ritual mask from New Britain Island of Papua New Guinea at Mingei Museum.

Japanese puppets (Meiji late 19th C) at Mingei Museum.

Japanese puppet archer (Edo 19th C) at Mingei Museum.

Japanese puppet official (Edo 19th C) at Mingei Museum.

Japanese puppet warrior (Edo 19th C) at Mingei Museum.

Japanese doll (Edo 19th C) at Mingei Museum.

Japanese puppet warrior (Edo 19th C) at Mingei Museum.

Koa wood bowl from Hawaii (19th or 20th C) at Mingei Museum.

Painted Norwegian wooden trunk (1839) at Mingei Museum.

Painted Norwegian wooden trunk (1847) at Mingei Museum.

Painted Norwegian wooden tankard (1800) at Mingei Museum.

Norwegian bentwood box at Mingei Museum.

Norwegian wooden ale bowl (1807) at Mingei Museum.

Horse & sulky weathervane (19th C) by J.L. Mott at Mingei Museum.


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