Whistle
D. R. Congo, Kasai/Pende
sold
EUR 2,000
Provenance
Pierre Dartevelle, Brussels, BelgiumMartial Bronsin, Brussels, Belgium
Jean Willy Mestach, Brussels, Belgium
Michel Koenig, Brussels, Belgium
Size
H: 11 cm
H: 4.3 inch
Description
ivory, pigment, base
In 1974 Laurenty attributed six of these phallic whistles either to the Pende or the Songe. Pende whistles were played on occasion of the building of a chief’s ritual house. According to Sousberghe they have been played in battle.
Comparing literature
Laurenty, Jean Sebastien, La Systématic des aérophones de l'Afrique Centrale, Tervuren 1980 Sousberghe, L., L' Art Pende, o.O. 1958 Cogdell, Jacqueline, Turn up the Volume! University of California 1999, p. 307Publications
Brincard, Marie-Thérèse (ed.), Sounding forms, New York 1989, p. 172, ill. 145; Brincard, Marie-Thérèse, Afrique: formes sonores, Paris 1990, p. 165, ill. 137AHDRC: 0038930
Notices
This object is subject to CITES. Please note that it can only be sent within the European Union. At the present time export in third countries is prohibited, respectively, export licenses in third countries for objects containing or made of protected materials are only granted under stringent conditions.