Anthropomorphic slit-drum "n-koku" · D. R. Congo, Zombo · ID: 3043369
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Provenance
Lempertz, Cologne, 15 March 1997, lot 85Dirk Vonck, Brussels, Belgium
Wolf-Bernard Müller, Krefeld, Germany
Size
H: 46 cm
H: 18.1 inch
Description
wood, reddish brown patina, black paint, slightly dam., cracks with traces of old resin repairs, missing parts, base.
This slit-drum signals the presence of the “ngaanga ngoombu” and provides the rhythm for many of the chants. The hollow interior can serve as a mixing container for preparing and serving medicines, and laid horizontally, the instrument is used as the diviners stool.
The object Anthropomorphic slit-drum “n-koku” with the object ID 3043369 was last part of the auction 88th Tribal Art Auction at March 10, 2018 on Zemanek-Münster Auction house and had the lot number 487.
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Comparing literature
Bourgeois, Arthur P., Art of the Yaka and Suku, Paris 1984, p. 100
Publications
AHDRC: 0150351