Mbuti Bark Painting, D. R. Congo

Bark cloth painting by the Mbuti people of the Ituri rain forest in D. R. Congo. Originally created as loincloths for dances and ritual use. The Mbuti pygmy people is one of the last existing hunter and gatherer cultures in the world. Few of their paintings were taken out of the country before the 1970´s.

100 x 40 cm (Frame 110 x 79 cm)

Provenance: Swedish collection

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