Bouclier · R. D. Congo, Mbesa · ID: 3043011
Vendu
1 100 €
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.
Littérature comparée
Baur, Ivan & Jan Elsen, Guba, Brussels 2002, p. 176 Barbier, Jean Paul, Benitez-Johannot, P., Shields, Munich, London, New York 2000, p. 68 f.