Shield ·  D. R. Congo, Mbesa · ID: 3043011

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.

The object Shield with the object ID 3043011 was last part of the auction 87th Tribal Art Auction at November 11, 2017 on Zemanek-Münster Auction house. The object with the lot number 437 achieved a sales price of EUR 1,100.

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Comparing literature

Baur, Ivan & Jan Elsen, Guba, Brussels 2002, p. 176 Barbier, Jean Paul, Benitez-Johannot, P., Shields, Munich, London, New York 2000, p. 68 f.