Portrait-figure in wood of Bope Pelengo, great-chief of the Bushongo, c. 1790

Portrait-figure in wood of Bope Pelengo, great-chief of the Bushongo, c. 1790. Kasai District, Congo State
Identifier: handbooktoethnog00brit (find matches)
Title: Handbook to the ethnographical collections
Year: 1910 (1910s)
Authors: British Museum. Dept. of British and Mediaeval Antiquities and Ethnography Joyce, Thomas Athol, 1878-1942 Dalton, O. M. (Ormonde Maddock), 1866-1945
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Publisher: (London) : Printed by order of the Trustees
Contributing Library: University of California Libraries
Digitizing Sponsor: MSN



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Fig. 199.—Objects from the Kvvilu district, a. BaBunda hunting-whistle.h. BaYaka fetish mask. c. BaPindi hoe-handle. d. BaBunda sword, e.BaKwese basket. and covered with patterns of singular beauty, similar to theembroidered designs on their cloth (which often recall our LateKeltic period, PI. X), but the art of portraiture is practised amongstthem, and the wooden statues of their early kings are the moststriking products of indigenous African art (PI. XI). The two formsof culture in this district are illustrated by the weapons : in the westcentre and north the bow is almost the sole weapon: in the east PLATE XL
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Contemporary portrait-figure in wood of Bope Pelengo, great-chief of the Bushongo, c. 1790. Kasai District, Congo State. (Face p. 222 AFRICA 223