Dance club "ebongo" ·  R. D. Congo, Kuyu · ID: 3033909

Description

light brown wood, polychrome paint, head with flat facial features and scarification marks, crowned by a coiffure arranged in several lobes, min. dam., minor missing part, slight traces of abrasion, on base;
used for the so-called “kébé-kébé” snake dance, which finished the initiation of young boys.The head sculptures were attached to staffs, which the dancers held high above their heads. Their bodies were completely concealed by long costumes and the heads abundantly decorated with feathers.

L’objet Dance club “ebongo” avec l’ID d’objet 3033909 a fait partie de l’enchère 71st tribal art auction en 24 novembre 2012 pour la dernière fois le Zemanek-Münster Hôtel des ventes et avait le numéro de lot 387.

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Littérature comparée

Kerchache, Jacques, Paudrat, Jean-Louis u.a., Die Kunst des Schwarzen Afrika, Freiburg, Basel, Wien 1988, p. 579