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
The object Slit drum with the object ID 3032278 was last part of the auction 68th tribal art auction at March 3, 2012 on Zemanek-Münster Auction house. The object with the lot number 257 achieved a sales price of EUR 100.
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Comparing literature
Bourgeois, Arthur P., Art of the Yaka and Suku, Paris 1984, p. 103