Zemanek-Münster

Drum "ditumba dya ndanya" ·  D. R. Congo, Luba · ID: 3034593

sold EUR 5,000
Provenance
Edouard d’Orjo de Marchovelette, Brussels, Belgium
Didier Claes, Brussels, Belgium
Size
H: 30 cm
D: 27 cm
H: 11.8 inch
D: 10.6 inch

Description

wood, middle brown patina, hourglass-shaped, carved with a mask face, a maternité and a standing male, min. dam., missing part (arm of the male figure), cracks, slight traces of abrasion;
this type of drum typically has a sympathetic membrane mounted on the side that vibrates when the drum skin is struck and produces a buzzing sound.
Luba drums are used at the investiture and funeral of rulers or at the death of a ruler’s child.


The object Drum “ditumba dya ndanya” with the object ID 3034593 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 453 achieved a sales price of EUR 5,000.

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Comparing literature

Gansemans, Jos, Musical Instruments, Tervuren 2009, p. 99


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