ARTE POPOLARE DELL’AFRICA CENTRO-ORIENTALE, Figura maschile, Fine XX-inizio XXI secolo vasi Milan 1999-2000

Milan 1999-2000

wide margins

barely visible in the basket on the head of the man below: here nature and humanity are in serene symbiosis

while the other rummages in a wicker basket in search of shelter

ARTE POPOLARE DELL’AFRICA CENTRO-ORIENTALE, Figura maschile, Fine XX-inizio XXI secolo vasi Milan 1999-2000Statue in mahogany carved and pigmented, from Uganda. The style is inspired by the traditions of the Congolese basin, particularly from the tribes of Songye and Luba. The geometric and chromatic decorations on the face refer to a symbolic language related to protection and belonging; they are signs that do not have a unique and codified meaning: they were fluid codes, readable only by the initiated, and varied from clan to clan. The circle, for