Anthropomorphic slit-drum "n-koku"
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88th Tribal Art AuctionAnthropomorphic slit-drum "n-koku"
D. R. Congo, Zombo
Provenance | Size | Starting price / estimated price |
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Lempertz, Cologne, 15 March 1997, lot 85 Dirk Vonck, Brussels, Belgium Wolf-Bernard Müller, Krefeld, Germany |
H: 18.1 inch | This object is not available anymore. |
wood, reddish brown patina, black paint, slightly dam., cracks with traces of old resin repairs, missing parts, base.
This slit-drum signals the presence of the "ngaanga ngoombu" and provides the rhythm for many of the chants. The hollow interior can serve as a mixing container for preparing and serving medicines, and laid horizontally, the instrument is used as the diviners stool.
Bourgeois, Arthur P., Art of the Yaka and Suku, Paris 1984, p. 100