Mbuti - Tapa Mbuti
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Tapa Mbuti, an unsigned Mbuti indigenous bark painting from the Democratic Republic of the Congo, sold with frame by Galería, measuring 77 × 97 cm.
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Description from the seller
AKWABA AFRICA
Piece: “TAPA”
Ethnicity: Mbuti
Country: Zaire
Materials: Bark of tree
Dimensions: 77 × 97 cm.
Description
Painting on tree bark.
Its preparation — cut, beaten, and dried — is undertaken by the men, and its decoration is done by the women with colors prepared from natural pigments.
The traditional, non-figurative motifs represented, of dark meaning and not yet elucidated, probably predate our own writing. They are strokes that move in a rare graphic rhythm, evocative of other ancient cultures and of the context in which they were born.
Bibliography
Serge Bahuchet: Les Pygmées Aka et la forêt centrafricaine, CNRS, 1986.
Musée Barbier-Muller – Catalogue of the exhibition “Art Pictural dels Pygmees”, Genève, 1990.
Similar pieces in
Musée Dapper, Paris
Musée BARBIER MULLER, GENÈVE
Musée ROYAL DE L'AFRIQUE CENTRALE, TERVUREN
American Museum of natural History, New York.
Documentation: Certificate by Raquel Montagut
The data noted are guaranteed as pertaining to the described piece. For the record, this Certificate is issued.
Barcelona, December 10, 1991.
Raquel Montagut
AKWABA AFRICA
Piece: “TAPA”
Ethnicity: Mbuti
Country: Zaire
Materials: Bark of tree
Dimensions: 77 × 97 cm.
Description
Painting on tree bark.
Its preparation — cut, beaten, and dried — is undertaken by the men, and its decoration is done by the women with colors prepared from natural pigments.
The traditional, non-figurative motifs represented, of dark meaning and not yet elucidated, probably predate our own writing. They are strokes that move in a rare graphic rhythm, evocative of other ancient cultures and of the context in which they were born.
Bibliography
Serge Bahuchet: Les Pygmées Aka et la forêt centrafricaine, CNRS, 1986.
Musée Barbier-Muller – Catalogue of the exhibition “Art Pictural dels Pygmees”, Genève, 1990.
Similar pieces in
Musée Dapper, Paris
Musée BARBIER MULLER, GENÈVE
Musée ROYAL DE L'AFRIQUE CENTRALE, TERVUREN
American Museum of natural History, New York.
Documentation: Certificate by Raquel Montagut
The data noted are guaranteed as pertaining to the described piece. For the record, this Certificate is issued.
Barcelona, December 10, 1991.
Raquel Montagut
Details
Artist
Mbuti
Edition
Original
Sold by
Gallery
Sold with frame
Yes
Title of artwork
Tapa Mbuti
Technique
Tempera
Signature
Not signed
Country of origin
Democratic Republic of the Congo
Ethnic group/culture
Mbuti
Indigenous object name
Tapa
Year
1800
Sold with stand
No
Condition
Good condition
Height
77 cm
Width
96 cm
Weight
3 g
Depiction/theme
Nature
Style
Cubism
Period
1900-1910
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