Shield
D. R. Congo, Mbesa
sold
EUR 1,100
Size
H: 110 cm
H: 43.3 inch
Description
wood, plant fibre, basketry, covered with soot and embellished with uniform diamond patterns sewn in string, a wooden backboard attached to the back serves as grip, min. dam., traces of usage.
The Mbesa, who speak a Bantu language, live in the equatorial forests of the Ubangala region, in the northwest of the Democratic Republic of Congo.