Anthropomorphic flute / whistle "kasengosengo" · D. R. Congo, Chokwe · ID: 3052831
Starting price
EUR 1,000
Estimated price
EUR 2,000
Provenance
Lore Kegel & Georg Kegel, Hamburg, Germany (collected in situ 1956)Boris Kegel-Konietzko, Hamburg, Germany
Kegel-Konietzko & Dorn, Hamburg, Germany
Size
H: 9 cm
H: 3.5 inch
Description
wood, pigments, handwritten collection number “LU77,” old collection label “5…” (illegible), base
whistles “kasengosengo” were used to call people for several purposes: to summon them to the village when they were in the bush, durung the hunt to call companions for help and during war to encourage the men to march to battle and raise enthusiasm among the warriors.
Publications
Nowes, Fernandez & David Zemanek, Crossing Cultures: Monumental Miniatures - Kleinplastik, New York 2025, p. 88 f.
AHDRC: 0222037
Exhibition
Crossing Cultures: Monumental Miniatures - Kleinplastik, Art for Eternity Gallery, New York, 28 May - 1 June 2025