Calabash · D. R. Congo, Yaka · ID: 3040316
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Size
H: 33 cm
H: 13.0 inch
Description
gourd, dark brown patina, enveloped in animal skin, wood plug in form of a half figure “khonsu” with long horns, min. dam., missing parts (animal skin), cracks, traces of usage;
“khonsu” is a power figure used for hunting rites.
Comparing literature
Bourgeois, Arthur P., The Yaka and Suku, Leiden 1985, pl. XXV, 1