Gong "mokenge" ·  Gabon, Tsogho · ID: 3036000

Description

metal, wood, round handle, carved with an anthropomorphic head with tribe-typical facial features, pierced ears, dam., cracks at the back, traces of corrosion;
this type of gong was used in a Tsogho men’s initiation association called “evovi” (“judges”). The carved head is thought to represent “kombe”, the sun and supreme judge.

The object Gong “mokenge” with the object ID 3036000 was last part of the auction 75th tribal art auction at November 30, 2013 on Zemanek-Münster Auction house and had the lot number 383.

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Comparing literature

Brincard, Marie-Therese, Sounding forms, Washington D.C. 1989, p. 141, ill. 90 Cogdell, Jacqueline, Turn up the Volume! University of California 1999, p. 282, ill. 52