Pygmies Tapestries

Pygmies are fighting over a some roman thermopolium hot buffalo wings and Gallic fries, 1st century, Pompeii

"The were constantly at war with the cranes and they had always been so, ever since the long-lived Giant could remember" The Pygmies and the Cranes - Edmund Dulac, Tanglewood Tales Please look in my shop for more art from "Tanglewood Tales":https://www.redbubble.com/search?utf8=%E2%9C%93&artist_id=forgottenbeauty&query=tanglewood+tales&commit=Search and many others.

This striking image is a portrait of an actual terracotta / clay sculpture, known as a house god, originally from the Tikar peoples of Cameroon. Representing Pygmies of the forest, the Tikar believe their house gods possess mystical spirits & powers, & use them for protection, & to benefit their harvests.