Pipe ·  R. D. Congo, Kasai/Pende · ID: 3043720

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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.

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Littérature comparée

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. 307

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Publications

Brincard, Marie-Thérèse (ed.), Sounding forms, New York 1989, p. 172, ill. 145; Brincard, Marie-Thérèse, Afrique: formes sonores, Paris 1990, p. 165, ill. 137

AHDRC: 0038930

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Remarques

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.

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