Story board ·  R. D. Congo, Teke · ID: 3039585

Description

wood, kaolin, red and black pi, carved with stylized mask face, various emblems and signs, min. dam., traces of insect caused damage, abrasion, small missing parts;
such “story boards” were presented on special festive occasions; for the Teke the motifs could be read like stories (creation myth).

Littérature comparée

Bateke, Peintres et sculpteurs d'Afrique Centrale, Paris 1998, p. 278 f.