Slit drum "nkokongombo" · D. R. Congo, Yaka, area of Kasai · ID: 3017560
sold
EUR 600
Provenance
Old Belgian Collection, bought before WW IPaolo Morigi, Magliaso, Switzerland
Harald & Ursula Suhr, Victoria, British Columbia, Canada / Germany (1984 )
Size
H: 40,5 cm
H: 15.9 inch
Description
wood, dark, spotty patina, traces of usage, small missing pieces, insect caused damage, on base;
used at divination ceremonies to accompany songs introducing the oracle. The rectangular opening was not just a resonator, it could contain magical mass as well.
The object Slit drum “nkokongombo” with the object ID 3017560 was part of the auction 70th tribal art auction on September 8, 2012. The object with the lot number 180 achieved a sales price of EUR 600 with an asking price of EUR 500.
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Comparing literature
Bourgeois, Arthur P., Art of the Yaka and Suku, Paris 1984, p. 103, ill. 92