Lot n° 167
Estimation :
150 - 300
EUR
Result without fees
Result
: 100EUR
Yaka - DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF CONGO - Lot 167
Yaka - DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF CONGO
Small ceremonial drum featuring an ancestral head on the top. The eyes are sculpted in relief, and the forehead and face are marked with linear scarification marks.
Wood, old honey-red patina, shiny in places, traces of white pigment.
Height Height : 47.5 cm
Provenance:
- Origine Auction sale, Bagnolet, June 24, 2017, catalog no. 79.
This portable drum, used for rituals, accompanied dances and invocations. The figure at the top reinforces its spiritual charge by embodying a protective ancestor.
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