Bapende Chief Painting

The Bapende Work Song found on Folk Music of the Western Congo does not come with any images associated with it. The song is a work song that was performed in the process of villagers building a house for their chief and was recorded by Leo A. Verwilghen in 1954. A photograph of a xylophone player is the only of the Bapende people included in the booklet that all Folkways' series come with. A Google image search on the Bapende yield an incredibly rich array of photos associated with Bapende ceremony. The song however is not a sacred song so I refrained from using any of the images showing those ceremonial masks and costumes that are associated with the Bapende and celebrated in Western art appreciation. While usually shying away from using images owned by giant image databases such as Getty, I settled for a small black and white photograph made by Michel Huet and owned by Getty Images.

Painting:Oil on Canvas

Original:One-of-a-kind Artwork

Size:11 W x 14 H x 0.5 D in

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