Painted Bark Cloth (Pongo)
Ituri Forest, DR Congo
Mbuti people
20th century
Pounded inner bark of Ficus, natural pigments derived from gardenia root
28 x 19 ins. (71 x 48 cm)
Published in MBUTI DESIGN (1995) by Georges Meurant and Robert Farris Thompson, Page 128, #7 (in a fine line drawing).
SOLD