Slit drum "nkokongombo" · D. R. Congo, Yaka, area of Kasai · ID: 3017560
Vendu
600 €
Provenance
Old Belgian Collection, bought before WW IPaolo Morigi, Magliaso, Switzerland
Harald & Ursula Suhr, Victoria, British Columbia, Canada / Germany (1984 )
Description
wood, dark, spotty patina, traces of usage, small missing pieces, insect caused damage, on base;
used at divination ceremonies to accompany songs introducing the oracle. The rectangular opening was not just a resonator, it could contain magical mass as well.
Littérature comparée
Bourgeois, Arthur P., Art of the Yaka and Suku, Paris 1984, p. 103, ill. 92