Soldiers and Toyota Truck, Tshibanda Muayabu Mid 20th C. Presumed Congolese Folk Art Tempera Painting vintage telephone Royer and dated 1893

Royer and dated 1893

I really love the form

(Texas became a state in 1845

Plus an intensity of tiny carve marks all over

Soldiers and Toyota Truck, Tshibanda Muayabu Mid 20th C. Presumed Congolese Folk Art Tempera Painting vintage telephone Royer and dated 1893I purchased this and a second watercolor by the same person at Brimfield, them immediately liberated them from old mats and frames upon returning home in order to really see them; they needed to see the light of day! (All they need now is to float against white in a very simple, clean, white or black frame.) This one is signed, twice Tshi Mua and Tshibanda Muayabu I believe most likely Congolese, and if so my guess is painted toward the tail end of