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Painting3527/17

Square piece of barkcloth with abstract linear designs painted across surface; done in black. Painting is divided into eight horizontal sections; all are decorated with intersecting lines of varying widths. Sections are divided by plain lines and the natural fold of the barkcloth. Back of barkcloth is undecorated.

Culture
Mbuti
Made in
Democratic Republic of the Congo
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Painting3527/16

Rectangular piece of barkcloth with abstract linear and geometric motifs painted in three sections across surface; done in black. Top section has rows of grouped diagonal lines; second section is filled with intersecting curved and diagonal lines. Bottom section of painting is filled with an assortment of intersecting lines of varying widths, plain lines, and small dashes. All sections are divided by three horizontal lines; back of barkcloth is undecorated.

Culture
Mbuti
Made in
Democratic Republic of the Congo
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Painting3527/13

Rectangular piece of barkcloth with various abstract designs painted across surface; done in black. Top half of painting has twisted ladder-like motifs across width; bottom half of painting is divided into two vertical sections. Left section has columns with inverted triangles and hourglass-like shapes; both shapes are either plain black or decorated with diagonal lines. Right section consists of a grid filled with mixed curved and diagonal lines. Sections are divided by two columns; left column is plain and right column is decorated with horizontal bands. Back of barkcloth is undecorated.

Culture
Mbuti
Made in
Democratic Republic of the Congo
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Painting3527/12

Rectangular piece of barkcloth with abstract geometric and linear designs painted across surface; done in black. Top half of painting is covered with intersecting lines of varying widths; bottom half of painting is decorated with two wide bands. Bands are filled with irregularly-shaped diamonds; negative space between diamonds and band edges are filled with horizontal and diagonal lines. Back of barkcloth is undecorated.

Culture
Mbuti
Made in
Democratic Republic of the Congo
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Painting3527/10

Rectangular piece of barkcloth with various abstract designs painted across surface; done in black. Top half of painting consists of irregularly-shaped circles connected by lines; circles are decorated with cross-hatching. Additional circles and diagonal lines, forming triangles, throughout design. Bottom half of painting consists of four squares with different overlapping geometric and linear motifs inside each one; shapes include diamonds, rhombuses, triangles, zigzags, and plain lines. Back of barkcloth is undecorated.

Culture
Mbuti
Made in
Democratic Republic of the Congo
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Painting3527/7

Rectangular piece of barkcloth with abstract twisted ladder-like designs painted across surface; done in black. Comb-like shapes, decorative circles, and other geometric motifs throughout patterns. Back of barkcloth is undecorated.

Culture
Mbuti
Made in
Democratic Republic of the Congo
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Painting3527/5

Rectangular piece of barkcloth with abstract linear designs painted across surface; done in black. Top half of painting has columns with groupings of four lines spaced evenly along length; plain columns interspersed between patterned ones. Faint curvilinear and geometric motifs painted overtop of columns, towards bottom centre of section. Bottom half of painting is covered in rows of groupings of three lines; long vertical lines, stretching from middle of painting to bottom edge, throughout. Back of barkcloth is undecorated.

Culture
Mbuti
Made in
Democratic Republic of the Congo
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Painting3527/14

Rectangular piece of barkcloth with various abstract designs painted across surface; done in black. Top half of painting consists of intersecting lines of varying widths; "X" shape in bottom left corner. Bottom half covered in irregular shapes, triangles, and diamonds; cross-hatching in negative space between shapes. "X"'s, stars, and straight lines framed by hooked ones inside majority of shapes. Bottom left section made up of intersecting lines. Back of barkcloth is undecorated.

Culture
Mbuti
Made in
Democratic Republic of the Congo
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Painting3527/8

Rectangular piece of barkcloth with various abstract designs painted across surface; done in black. Large triangle in top third of painting; top half framed on either side with inverted triangles. Smaller triangles inside large triangle, along with groupings of small dots and curved lines; triangles filled with linear motifs. Circular and triangular clusters of dots on either side of large triangle. Middle third of painting is filled with intersecting curved lines; bottom third covered in different sized triangles. All triangles are filled with linear motifs; various linear and dot motifs throughout rest of section. Large zigzag along bottom edge with alternating dots and horizontal lines in the negative space. Back of barkcloth is undecorated.

Culture
Mbuti
Made in
Democratic Republic of the Congo
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Painting3527/1

Rectangular piece of barkcloth with abstract linear and geometric designs painted across surface; done in black. Top half of painting is divided into two vertical sections; both have long columns covering their entire widths. Columns in left section are decorated with zigzags, "X"'s, diamonds, and triangles. Columns in right sections are decorated with groupings of diagonal lines. Bottom half of painting is decorated with bands of diamonds; negative space between diamonds and band edges are decorated with horizontal and diagonal lines. Back of barkcloth is undecorated.

Culture
Mbuti
Made in
Democratic Republic of the Congo
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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