Slit drum · D. R. Congo, Yaka · ID: 3032278
sold
EUR 100
Provenance
Eduard Hess, Basel, SwitzerlandSize
H: 37,5 cm
H: 14.8 inch
Description
wood, brown patina, handle in shape of a human head with tribe-typical facial features and coiffure, drum stick missing, min. dam., missing part (right ear), slight traces of abrasion, insect caused damage
Comparing literature
Bourgeois, Arthur P., Art of the Yaka and Suku, Paris 1984, p. 103