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Trompette "namburuse" ·  R. D. Congo, Mangbetu · ID: 3043362

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Provenance
Dirk Vonck, Brussels, Belgium
Wolf-Bernard Müller, Krefeld, Germany

Description

ivory, reptile skin, corpus carved with animal motifs (snake and spider), rep. (neck)

The ivory trumpet “namburuse” was played in the court and represented royal power and presence. Trumpets accompanied the king and his wife when they perfomed a dance called “mabolo”. They also announced the king’s movements and his victories. Usually they were played in pairs with the same orientation.


L’objet Trompette “namburuse” avec l’ID d’objet 3043362 a fait partie de l’enchère Voyage Tribal Art - Live Online Auction en 23 mai 2020 pour la dernière fois le Zemanek-Münster Hôtel des ventes et avait le numéro de lot 229.

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Publications

Burssens, Herman, Mangbetu, Brussels 1992, p. 66, ill. 25

AHDRC: 0034557


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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