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Slit drum "nkokongombo" ·  D. R. Congo, Yaka, area of Kasai · ID: 3017560

Vendu 600 €
Provenance
Old Belgian Collection, bought before WW I
Paolo 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


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