Big drum · D. R. Congo, Mongo · ID: 3036653
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Provenance
Jacques R. van Overstraeten, Brussels, BelgiumDamian Reeners, Namur, Belgium
Cornette de Saint Cyr, Paris, 14 Avril 2007, lot 34
Size
H: 121 cm
H: 47.6 inch
Description
light brown wood, matt patina, made from a hollwed tree trunk, geometrical pattern painted with white and black pigment (partly renewed with original pigments), open-worked circular base, upper and lower third carved in steps, drum skin made from animal hide affixed by a band of plaited plant fibres and nails, min. dam., missing parts, cracks, traces of abrasion
The object Big drum with the object ID 3036653 was last part of the auction 76th tribal art auction at March 22, 2014 on Zemanek-Münster Auction house and had the lot number 579.
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Comparing literature
De Mongo, o.O. 1984, p. 158
Publications
Dick Beaulieux, Belgium collects African Art, Brussels 2000, p. 290