Text Appearing Before Image: Fig. 199.—Objects from the Kvvilu district, a. BaBunda hunting-whistle.h. BaYaka fetish mask. c. BaPindi hoe-handle. d. BaBunda sword, e.BaKwese basket. and covered with patterns of singular beauty, similar to theembroidered designs on their cloth (which often recall our LateKeltic period, PI. X), but the art of portraiture is practised amongstthem, and the wooden statues of their early kings are the moststriking products of indigenous African art (PI. XI). The two formsof culture in this district are illustrated by the weapons : in the westcentre and north the bow is almost the sole weapon: in the east PLATE XL Text Appearing After Image: Contemporary portrait-figure in wood of Bope Pelengo, great-chief of the Bushongo, c. 1790. Kasai District, Congo State. (Face p. 222 AFRICA 223
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