Drum "mbè" · Gabon, Fang · ID: 3037794
sold
EUR 1,600
Size
H: 108,5 cm
H: 42.7 inch
Description
wood, dark brown patina, black paint, base in openwork design, the corpus carved with a reptile and triangular patterns in bas-relief, intact drum skin, fixed by plant fibre and wedged wooden pieces, min. dam., missing parts through insect caused damage, traces of abrasion;
there are many different kinds of drums in Gabon. The drum “mbè” stood on the ground in front of the player and was beaten with the hands.
The object Drum “mbè” with the object ID 3037794 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 399 achieved a sales price of EUR 1,600.
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