Drum · D. R. Congo, Luba · ID: 3040887
sold
EUR 1,600
Provenance
European Private Collection (1920’s)Gerard Sand, Brussels, Belgium (2003)
Zemanek-Münster, Würzburg, 26 November 2005, lot 396
Lempertz, Brussels, 22 January 2013, lot 119
Hans Reinmöller, Ratingen, Germany
Size
H: 42 cm
H: 16.5 inch
Description
wood, brown patina, animal skin, orginal drum skin, remains of old carry strap, two places of repair at the base (cracks clamped by punched metal sheet), min. dam., fine cracks, abrasion of paint;
Luba drums are used at the investiture and funeral of rulers or at the death of a ruler’s child.
Comparing literature
Ginzberg, Marc, Afrikanische Formen, Mailand 2001, p. 133