Mallet for "dawle" iron gong · Côte d'Ivoire, Baule · ID: 3039471
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Provenance
Emil Storrer, Zurich, SwitzerlandSwiss Private Collection
Size
H: 22,3 cm
H: 8.8 inch
Description
wood, encrusted blackish brown patina, the upper side of the beating area carved with two stylized buffalo masks in style of “bonu amwin” masks, shaft in rope design, slightly dam., abrasion of patina, base;
the steady sound of striking the gong served the diviners to get into a trance state.
The object Mallet for “dawle” iron gong with the object ID 3039471 was last part of the auction 81st Tribal Art Auction at October 31, 2015 on Zemanek-Münster Auction house and had the lot number 226.
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Comparing literature
Kubik, Gerhard et. al., Afrikanische Musikinstrumente, Berlin 2014, p. 38, ill. 13