Register Auction 105
Zemanek-Münster
Four rare miniature bells "kunda", late 19th / early 20th century, D. R. Congo, Bakongo, Size: H: 9 cm - 12,5 cm (H: 3.5 inch - 4.9 inch), ID: 3052229
Four rare miniature bells "kunda", late 19th / early 20th century, D. R. Congo, Bakongo, Size: H: 9 cm - 12,5 cm (H: 3.5 inch - 4.9 inch), ID: 3052229 - 2/7 Four rare miniature bells "kunda", late 19th / early 20th century, D. R. Congo, Bakongo, Size: H: 9 cm - 12,5 cm (H: 3.5 inch - 4.9 inch), ID: 3052229 - 3/7 Four rare miniature bells "kunda", late 19th / early 20th century, D. R. Congo, Bakongo, Size: H: 9 cm - 12,5 cm (H: 3.5 inch - 4.9 inch), ID: 3052229 - 4/7 Four rare miniature bells "kunda", late 19th / early 20th century, D. R. Congo, Bakongo, Size: H: 9 cm - 12,5 cm (H: 3.5 inch - 4.9 inch), ID: 3052229 - 5/7 Four rare miniature bells "kunda", late 19th / early 20th century, D. R. Congo, Bakongo, Size: H: 9 cm - 12,5 cm (H: 3.5 inch - 4.9 inch), ID: 3052229 - 6/7 Four rare miniature bells "kunda", late 19th / early 20th century, D. R. Congo, Bakongo, Size: H: 9 cm - 12,5 cm (H: 3.5 inch - 4.9 inch), ID: 3052229 - 7/7
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Auction 105

Four rare miniature bells "kunda", late 19th / early 20th century ·  D. R. Congo, Bakongo · ID: 3052229

Starting price EUR 1,000
Estimated price EUR 2,500
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Provenance
Sam Handbury-Madin, Shrewsbury, Great Britain
Robert Temple, Ghent, Belgium
Size
H: 9 cm - 12,5 cm
H: 3.5 inch - 4.9 inch

Description

wood, pigments,

The “kunda” is linked to the “nkisi” cult (cult of spirits), which is combined with song and dance and the treatment of the ill. “Kunda” enables the “nganga” to influence the spirits and impose his will on them.

Comparing literature

Gansemans, Jos, Musical Instruments, Tervuren 2009, p. 143

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