ARTE POPOLARE DELL’AFRICA CENTRO-ORIENTALE, Figura maschile n. 2, Fine XX-inizio XXI secolo vasi evening descends: the silhouette of

evening descends: the silhouette of Fuji darkens

In this scene

In the foreground

the number 426 and the initials of a collector not recorded by Lugt

ARTE POPOLARE DELL’AFRICA CENTRO-ORIENTALE, Figura maschile n. 2, Fine XX-inizio XXI secolo vasi evening descends: the silhouette ofStatue in carved and pigmented African mahogany from Uganda. The style is inspired by the traditions of the Congolese basin, particularly the Songye and Luba tribes. The geometric and chromatic decorations on the face refer to a symbolic language linked to protection and belonging; these are signs that do not have a unique and codified meaning: they were fluid codes, readable only by initiates, and varied from clan to clan. The circle, for example, is