Slit Drum
Slit Drum
Artist
Mangbetu Peoples
(African)
Place of OriginDemocratic Republic of the Congo
DateLate 19th- early 20th century
Dimensions11 3/4 × 26 1/4 × 3 1/4 in. (29.8 × 66.7 × 8.3 cm)
MediumCarved wood with cast metal rings.
ClassificationSculpture
Credit LinePurchased with funds from the Libbey Endowment, Gift of Edward Drummond Libbey
Object number
1983.90
Not on View
Roberts, Mary Nooter, Facing Africa: The African Art Collection of the Toledo Museum of Art, Toledo Museum of Art, Toledo, 1998, pp. 62-63, repr. (b/w.).
Exhibition HistoryBelgium, Studio 44, Credit Communal de Belgique, Centre Culturel, Arts Premier d'Afrique noire, 1977, no. 82, p. 121.
Comparative ReferencesSee also Laurentz, Jean Sebastien, Les tambours a fente de l'Afrique central, Tervuren, 1968, New Series, section human, pl. XVIII, fig. no. 208 (a close parallel).cf. Chauret, S., Musique Negre, Paris, 1929.
cf. Schildkrout, E. and C.A. Keinm, African reflections, art from NOrtheastern Zaire, New York, American Museum of Natural History, 1990, p. 196, fig. 10.3, pp. 209-215, esp. fig. 10.16.
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