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Gong (Mokenge)
Unknown19th or 20th century
Brooklyn Museum
Brooklyn, New York City, United States
Iron bell with effigy handle of wood. Bell is painted with alternating pink and white horizontal stripes. Label attached by French trading company in Western Congo refers to bell as "Cloche a Palabre." Effigy handle in form of human head displaying Bambala-like hair style. Face shows traces of white paints.
Details
- Title: Gong (Mokenge)
- Creator: Unknown
- Date Created: 19th or 20th century
- Location Created: Gabon
- Type: Sculpture
- Rights: Gift of the Ernest Erickson Foundation, Inc.
- External Link: http://www.brooklynmuseum.org/opencollection/objects/124754/Gong_Mokenge
- Medium: Iron, wood, paint
- Dimensions: 16 3/4in. (42.5cm)
- Culture: Tsogho
- Collection: Arts of Africa
- Accession number: 86.224.146
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