Wickerwork basket, container and mat, two powder boxes, one figure ·  D. R. Congo · ID: 3034306

Description

a) basket with lid, Tutsi, Ruanda, h: 43,5 cm, straw, fibres partly dyed in dark brown forming geometrical patterns, bamboo handle; the most selected pieces of wickerwork in Africa were made by the Tutsi; b) mat, Pende, m: 78 cm x 32 cm, grass fibre, fine wickerwork, the rims overcasted or seamed; c) lidded box, Bakongo, b: 11 cm/h: 7,5 cm, oval form, slightly dam.; d) two powder boxes, Bakongo, h: 12,5 cm/13 cm, wood, dark brown patina, coated with incised fine ornaments, lids fixed by cord material, slightly dam.; e) small power figure “biteki”, Teke, h: 19 cm, wood, dark brown patina, traces of red pigment, blackish mass at the belly, bands and bundles of fabric attached to the neck

Comparing literature

Ginzberg, Marc, Afrikanische Formen, Mailand 2001, p. 111