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Harp

Gabon Mitsogo Ngombi

Gabon
Unknown

Wood, Wire Strings
ca. Early 20th Century


Chordophone - Harp

A Gabon Mitsogo ngombi (harp with a carved head at the top of the neck). The resonator represents womanhood, while the instrument itself represents male mythical figures such as Disumba and Nzambe-Kana, the first ancestors of the Mitsogho. Shows signs of usage and age.

 

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Catalog#: AF-CHHP-22-77