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MBUTI/BAMBUTI, Ituri Province, Democratic Republic of Congo.
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252
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MBUTI/BAMBUTI, Ituri Province, Democratic Republic of Congo.
See original version (French)
Estimate €200 - €300
Voluntary lot
Description
MBUTI/BAMBUTI, Ituri Province, Democratic Republic of Congo.
Beaten bark bark, pigments.
Two pieces of tapa cloth made by the Mbuti Pygmy hunter-gatherers. It is the men who prepare the tapa using the soft, resistant bark of a species of Ficus, and then the tapa is soaked in mud and decorated by the women.
67x30.5 cm and 63x35 cm.
Literature:
-" Pygmies?" paintings on beaten bark by the Mbuti (Haut-Zaïre). Robert Farris Thompson and Serge Bahuchet.
- Art pictural des pygmées", Barbier-Mueller Museum, 1990.
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About the sale
ANGELO TURCONI'S LIFE IN ZAIRE (1950-1980, photos, historical documents, objects, books)
Auction location
Auction time
06/27/2026 at 11:00 AM
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