Dance club "ebongo" ·  D. R. Congo, Kuyu · ID: 3034590

Description

wood, polychrome paint, small nail holes at the back, min. dam., fine cracks, slight traces of abrasion, metal socle;
used for the so-called “kébé-kébé” snake dance, which finished the initiation of young boys.The head sculptures were attached to staffs, which the dancers held high above their heads. Their bodies were completely concealed by long costumes and the heads abundantly decorated with feathers.

The object Dance club “ebongo” with the object ID 3034590 was last part of the auction 72nd tribal art auction at March 9, 2013 on Zemanek-Münster Auction house. The object with the lot number 440 achieved a sales price of EUR 1,700.

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Comparing literature

Kerchache, Jacques, Paudrat, Jean-Louis u.a., Die Kunst des Schwarzen Afrika, Freiburg, Basel, Wien 1988, p. 579