| Titre |
From Goat?s Eyes to Bee Stings : Early 20th century Congolese raffia mat motifs and Jeanne Maquet-Tombu?s design albums |
| Type de publication |
Évènement |
| Langue principale de la publication |
anglais |
| Date |
2013
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03/2019
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| Organisateur |
Carlee FORBES
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| Institution organisatrice |
Congo Research Network (CRN)
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| Ville |
Bruxelles
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| Genre |
Conférence
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| Pays |
Belgique
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| Résumé/Présentation |
"In the late 1930s, Congolese artists in the Mayombe region in the west of the Belgian Congo produced a set of remarkable objects documenting raffia mat design motifs. In one variety, artists hand-colored grids to communicate designs, while in a second form, artists physically wove paper strips to re-create designs and illustrate techniques. The books were likely commissioned by Jeanne Maquet-Tombu who was one of the founding members of the Association des Amis de l'Art Indigène and supporter of the Musée de la Vie Indigène, Jeanne Maquet-Tombu was a vocal advocate for many projects promoting artistic endeavors in colonial-era Congo. In 1939, Maquet-Tombu published a brief essay in the inaugural edition of Brousse. She enthusiastically shared the local names and translations of several raffia mat motifs from the west of the Belgian Congo. These efforts to document and promote raffia designs follow a long history of European interest in Congolese raffia textiles. This paper addresses Congolese raffia mats alongside Maquet-Tombu?s interest in and documentation of motifs'placing the mats, their artists, and their patrons in a wider historical context. "
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| Référence complète |
Forbes, Carlee. "From Goat?s Eyes to Bee Stings : Early 20th century Congolese raffia mat motifs and Jeanne Maquet-Tombu?s design albums". Workshop "historical reflections on translocal mobilities of ritual objects", Congo Research Network, 13.03.2019, VUB.
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