Ritual gong "mokenge" · Gabon, Lumbo - Punu · ID: 3045659
sold
EUR 1,000
Provenance
Gottfried Künzi, Oberdorf / Solothurn SwitzerlandRené Rickli, Olten, Switzerland
Size
H: 49,5 cm
H: 19.5 inch
Description
iron, wood, missing part (gong corpus)
This gong was used by the men’s society “evovi” in the administration of justice. The crowning head represents “kombe”, the supreme judge. The beating of the gong should remind of a man’s heartbeat.
The object Ritual gong “mokenge” with the object ID 3045659 was last part of the auction 92nd Tribal Art Auction at June 29, 2019 on Zemanek-Münster Auction house. The object with the lot number 94 achieved a sales price of EUR 1,000.
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