Mbuti Bark Cloth
- Bark cloth with ink
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22.75 x 19.5 in
(57.79 x 49.53 cm)
- Mbuti culture
The men strip the bark from a fig tree and pound it with a beater of ivory, wood, or elephant bone. Then the women paint it free-hand with gardenia juice. The design is usually abstract. The fabric was then worn as a loin cloth.
- Framed: 29 x 23 in (73.66 x 58.42 cm)
- Inventory Number: 2023.1.14
- Collections: Wickstrom Collection, Wickstrom Collection of African Art