Mbuti-Pygmy BARKCLOTH – Ituri Rainforest, DR Congo
Hand-beaten tree-bark, painted with organic pigments. Approx. cm. 67,5 x 47,0 (26.57 x 18.50 Inches). Mbuti people, one of the oldest indigenous people of the Congo region of Africa, are one of several indigenous pygmy groups. They arehunter-gatherers that live in the Ituri rainforest. The Mbuti are composed of bands which are relatively small in size, ranging...