Dance club "ebongo" · D. R. Congo, Kuyu · ID: 3037483
Reginald Groux, Paris, France
Leonardo Vigorelli, Bergamo, Italy
Randy Kahn, Tarzana, USA
Description
wood, polychrome paint, flat facial features, filed teeth, scarification marks, high towering coiffure in several lobes, circular drillings backside, min. dam., cracks, small missing parts, water spots, traces of abrasion, base;
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 3037483 was last part of the auction 78th tribal art auction at October 18, 2014 on Zemanek-Münster Auction house. The object with the lot number 438 achieved a sales price of EUR 4,500.
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Comparing literature
Kerchache, Jacques & Jean-Louis Paudrat u.a., Die Kunst des Schwarzen Afrika, Freiburg, Basel, Wien 1988, p. 579