Bell "kunda" · D. R. Congo, Bakongo · ID: 3039056
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Size
H: 17,5 cm
H: 6.9 inch
Description
wood, dark brown patina, hourglass-shaped, with four chambers, wooden clappers missing (except one), min. dam., slight traces of abrasion;
the “kunda” is linked to the “nkisi” cult (cult of spirits), which is combined with song and dance and the treatment of the ill. “Kunda” enables the “nganga” to influence the spirits and impose his will on them.
The object Bell “kunda” with the object ID 3039056 was last part of the auction 80th Tribal Art Auction at June 27, 2015 on Zemanek-Münster Auction house and had the lot number 408.
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Comparing literature
Gansemans, Jos, Musical Instruments, Tervuren 2009, p. 143