Bark-cloth painting "morumba" or "pongo" · D. R. Congo, Ituri Rain Forest, Mbute · ID: 3048577
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Provenance
Bren Heymans, Antwerp, BelgiumDescription
bark cloth, black pigment, painted in black,
The Mbute are a group of Pygmies. The decorative art form for which they are best known is drawing. Their distinctive linear designs are found mainly on bark strips and can be applied directly to the skin as temporary corporeal embellishments of a sacred or symbolic nature.
L’objet Bark-cloth painting “morumba” or “pongo” avec l’ID d’objet 3048577 a fait partie de l’enchère Enchères caritative “Catastrophe inondations” en 9 octobre 2021 pour la dernière fois le Zemanek-Münster Hôtel des ventes et avait le numéro de lot 32.