Staff half figure "baké", around 1900 · Gabon, Tsogho · ID: 3045296
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Provenance
Lucas Ratton, Paris, FranceSize
H: 36,5 cm
H: 14.4 inch
Description
wood, base
These tapered rods were inserted in pairs in the ground. Inbetween, a wooden slat was placed, which was tapped into the recesses. Done was the musical instrument.
Like a drum, the cross-wood was struck with two wooden clappers, thus rhythmically accompanying the songs of the “bwiti” society.
The object Staff half figure “baké”, around 1900 with the object ID 3045296 was last part of the auction 91 Tribal Art Auction at March 9, 2019 on Zemanek-Münster Auction house and had the lot number 289.
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Comparing literature
Goy, Bertrand, Tsogho, Paris 2016, p. 27