Denise e Beppe Berna - edition 2010

Yombe, Popular Rep. of Congo, XIX century
Detail of a female figure placed at the head of a baton.
Wood with beautiful patina of long use.
h. total cm. 88 – h. shape cm. 12,5.
The baton was a means of communication and a symbol of legitimacy since the founding of the first villages, link relating the world of the living with the ancestors.
The aesthetic sublimation … absolute beauty of African art