Fancy dance club of the "eouya" society ·  D. R. Congo, Kuyu · ID: 3043782

Description

wood, polychrome painted, repainted in parts, base

This dance clubs were used by the Kuyu in their ceremonial “kebe-kebe” dance rituals. The heads on the clubs used to depict the Snake God or the mythical ancestral couple, but over time, the “kebe-kebe” puppets have evolved to illustrate characters in different ways. One also finds portraits of missionaries, politicians or of such “cool” congolese soldiers with sun glasses, as the present one.

The object Fancy dance club of the “eouya” society with the object ID 3043782 was last part of the auction 89th Tribal Art Auction at July 7, 2018 on Zemanek-Münster Auction house. The object with the lot number 390 achieved a sales price of EUR 1,000.

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Comparing literature

Grootaers, Jan-Lodewijk & Ineke Eisenburger (ed.), Forms of Wonderment, Vol. II, Berg en Dal 2002, p. 523

Publications

AHDRC: 0013371