Drum "bulup" · R. D. Congo, Kuba · ID: 3034152
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Provenance
Reinhold Werr, Würzburg, Germany (collected in situ, 1968)Description
light brown wood, dark brown patina, animal drum skin, the upper part of the body covered with incised geometrical ornaments, the handle continued in the shape of a hand, min. dam., traces of abrasion, small missing parts, small holes in the drum skin;
the decoration of a drum reflects the wealth and prestige of a given community. The handle in form of a hand is both a visual pun (the drummer’s hand and the drum’s hand) and a reference to “iyol”, the society of soldiers. To join the “iyol” in the past, a man had to kill an enemy and bring proof to the town council in the form of a severed hand.
Littérature comparée
Dagan, Esther A., Drums, The heartbeat of Africa, Montreal 1993, p. 139, ill. 74.1