Slit drum
D. R. Congo, Yaka
not available anymore
Provenance
German Private CollectionSize
H: 41,5 cm
H: 16.3 inch
Description
wood, partly shiny brown patina, elongated cylindrical corpus with slit-like opening, crowned by a human head and standing quadruped (tortoise?), drum stick missing, min. dam., traces of insect caused damage and abrasion, base;
comparable object relating to the iconography, probably by the same artist Yale Archive No. 0033861.