Mbuti Barkcloth Panel, Democratic Republic of Congo, Framed
Product ID: T0900-026
$2,995.00
About this piece
Black starbursts scattered on bark like seeds in a field.
Mbuti makers of the Ituri Forest, Democratic Republic of Congo, Central Africa, painted this barkcloth panel with pigment in the 20th century. Mbuti barkcloth is traditionally beaten from tree bark and painted by women, often with freehand designs. The pale, mottled cloth is dotted all over with dark radiating marks, some tight and starlike, some loose, with no two quite alike. Its edges are irregular and uneven.
About 45 by 24 inches framed. Wall art that came out of the forest and kept its manners.
