Ritual gong "mokenge" · Gabon, Tsogho · ID: 3045658
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Provenance
Gottfried Künzi, Oberdorf / Solothurn SwitzerlandRené Rickli, Olten, Switzerland
Size
H: 44 cm
H: 17.3 inch
Description
iron, wood, missing parts (gong corpus), base
This gong type is said to be used in the Tsogho men’s initiation association called “evovi”. It has been suggested that it was struck when resolving judicial matters.
Comparing literature
Brincard, Marie-Therese, Sounding forms, New York 1989, p. 139, ill. 85