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Divination Slit Gong (Nkoko Ngombo)

Yaka, 1900-1932

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Yaka

Divination Slit Gong (Nkoko Ngombo)

Yaka, 1900-1932

Physical Qualities Wood, fiber, 18 1/8 × 3 7/8 in. (46 × 9.8 cm.)
Credit Line Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Howard A. Jackson, Massapequa, New York
Object Number 1988.659a
with beater (NKOKO NGOMBO) (see 1988.659b)
Cornet, Joseph, Art from Zaïre = L'Art du Zaïre: 100 Masterworks from the National Collection: an Exhibition of Traditional Art from the Institute of the National Museums of Zaïre (IMNZ), [New York]: African-American Institute, c1975, p 61, ill 36.

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