Tutsi Ceremonial Dance Shield
Rwanda-Burundi
Second quarter, 20th century
Wood, natural pigment
15 1/4” long x 5 1/4” wide x 3” deep (38 x 13 x 7.5 cm)
Custom metal stand

An unusually lyrical design is incised with an exceptional delicacy of line and enhanced by a wash of white kaolin.
From a Belgian colonial era collection.