Lot no. 216
MANGBETU, Democratic Republic of Congo. Wood, leather, rattan, animal skin. The "Domu" arched harp from the Angelo Turconi collection features a resonance box covered in skin perforated with two acoustic holes and the lower part covered with a weave of rattan fibres. The pegbox is carved in the shape of a figure, with arms along the body covered in scarification marks and a serene face prolonged by a cranial deformation typical of the Mangbetu. 59 x 17 cm.
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African, American and Oceanic Art
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