Gong
AF42
From: Zaire | Belgian Congo | Cataract District
Curatorial Section: African
| Object Number | AF42 |
| Current Location | Collections Storage |
| Culture | Bakongo |
| Provenience | Zaire | Belgian Congo | Cataract District |
| Culture Area | Central Africa |
| Section | African |
| Materials | Iron | Reed (plant) |
| Description | Irons bells are covered with reed wrappings. Musical Instrument Card: War Gong. Compare AF193. Double iron gong. Gongs are bell like and joined by a metal bar bent to form semicircular handle. Bar is wrapped with cane (Braided together) and another string of braided cane extends across handle at tops of gongs. Each gong has a roughly circular opening and sides pinched together. Good Condition. |
| Length | 24.3 cm |
| Width | 0 cm |
| Credit Line | Purchased from W. H. Leslie, 1905 |
| Other Number | I-367 - Seder Number |
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