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Gong, Metal

Jonga/Nkutshu Iron Double Gong

Democratic Republic of Congo (Zaire)
Jonga

Iron and Rattan
ca. Late 19th / Early 20th Century

Height: 32 inches x Width: 22 inches x Depth: 6 inches
Idiophone - Struck Directly - Metal Gong

Large metal double gong of the Jonga/Nkutshu peoples of the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Central Africa. Usage and age signs. - Heat riveted wrought iron

 

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Catalog#: AF-IDST-85-13