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Slit Gong

Yaka Divination Slit Gong/Drum

Democratic Republic of Congo (Zaire)
Yaka

Wood
Early 20th Century

Height: 22 inches; Width: 7 3/4 inches
Idiophone - Struck Directly

One piece hand carved Diviner's Slit Drum/Gong depicting a head that when struck is said to serve as the mouth of the oracle's voice. Among the Yaka People this symbolic instrument is called a "Nkoko Ngombo".

 

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Catalog#: AF-IDST-144