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Yaka drummer figure (N° 29851) Deposit sale

Private collection of African tribal art The sculpted subject could represent the diviner accompanying the ritual songs with the drum. Satin brown patina, encrusted residues of white clay and red ochre. Cracks and erosions.

Hierarchical and authoritarian, composed of fearsome warriors, the Yaka society was governed by lineage chiefs with the right of life and death over their subjects. Hunting and the prestige that comes from it are an opportunity today for the Yaka to invoke the ancestors and to resort to rituals using charms linked to the "khosi" institution. The initiation society for young people is the n-khanda, which is found among the eastern Kongo (Chokwe, Luba, etc.), and which uses various charms and masks in order to ensure a vigorous lineage.  

190.00 
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OriginCollection privée
EthnyYaka
Countryrdc ex zaire
Material(s)wood
Height cm51
Width15 cm
Weight2.35 Kg
Estimated datingmid-xx°

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