Horn · D. R. Congo, Mangbetu · ID: 3033065
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Size
L: 54,5 cm
L: 21.5 inch
Description
ivory, oval mouthpiece, crowned by a human head with tribe-typical head form and fine blackened incisions, min. dam.;
played at the court, representing royal power and presence. The trumpets were played when the king and his wife performed a dance called “mabolo”. Furtheron they announced the king’s victories.
The object Horn with the object ID 3033065 was last part of the auction 69th tribal art auction at June 2, 2012 on Zemanek-Münster Auction house and had the lot number 418.
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Comparing literature
Burssens, Herman, Mangbetu, Afrikaanse hofkunst uit Belgische privé-verzamlingen, Brüssel 1992, p. 66, ill. 25