Figure of a drummer · D. R. Congo, Bembe · ID: 3034919
Dave de Roche, San Francisco, USA
Description
wood, honey brown patina, black paint, the body extremely inclined to the front, supporting the slender drum between the legs, fixed by a (carved) rope around the waist, upturned face, rep. (continuous crack: drum, rope, right elbow, left hand), missing parts (foot zone, base), crack, metal plate;
the Bembe live in the southeastern borderland of the Kivu province, they form a complex ethnical entity, in combining various cultural traditions. Only little is known on their culture and art.
The object Figure of a drummer with the object ID 3034919 was last part of the auction 73rd tribal art auction at May 25, 2013 on Zemanek-Münster Auction house and had the lot number 355.
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