Wood, Cowie Shells, Braided Fiber

Slit Gong

Bakongo Slit Gong

Republic of Congo , Angola.
Bakongo

Wood, Cowie Shells, Braided Fiber
Early - Mid 20th Century

Height: 47.5cm / Length: 12.5cm / Width: 22.5cm
Idiophone - Struck Directly

African slit drum in the form of a man, from the Bakongo (also referred to as the Congolese), in Congo. This hand carved drum from wood, with color pigments is played with the figurative wooden stick attached to a string. The Bakongo are a Bantu ethnic group who live along the Atlantic coast of Africa from Pointe-Noire (Republic of Congo) to Luanda, Angola. Skilled carving possibly for art market.

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Catalog#: AF-IDST-118-15