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256 - MBUTI/BAMBUTI, Ituri Province, Democratic Republic of Congo.
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Estimate €120 - €180
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MBUTI/BAMBUTI, Ituri Province, Democratic Republic of Congo. Beaten bark bark, pigments. A piece 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 and decorated by the women. The language of signs offered by the motifs of this vegetable ink decoration was a real revelation and an explosion for artists at the beginning of the 20th century. 97x40 cm. Literature : -" Pygmies", paintings on beaten bark by the Mbuti (Upper Zaire). 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About the sale ANGELO TURCONI'S LIFE IN ZAIRE (1950-1980, photos, historical documents, objects, books)
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Auction time 06/27/2026 at 11:00 AM
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