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The Depository documents 3 techniques in Republic of the Congo; by risk level: 1 critically endangered, 1 endangered, 1 vulnerable. Each record opens with a public summary; the full research record is free to view once registered.
The weaving of finely patterned raffia palm-fiber cushion covers and presentation cloths by Vili weavers of the historic Loango Kingdom, on the Atlantic coast of what is now the Republic of the Congo, produced from at least the early 16th…
The distinctive gouache and pastel painting technique developed and taught at the Poto-Poto School of Painting, founded in 1951 in the Moungali neighborhood of Brazzaville, Republic of the Congo, by young French amateur painter Pierre Lods…
The carving and polychrome painting of round, flat disc masks by the Teke Tsaye people, a subgroup of the wider Teke ethnic group, in the Zanaga region of the Republic of Congo.