Yaka
Divination Slit Gong (Nkoko Ngombo)
Yaka, 1900-1932
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Yaka
Divination Slit Gong (Nkoko Ngombo)
Yaka, 1900-1932
Physical Qualities
Wood, white pigment, 44.2 H x 7.5 W x 8 D cm.
Credit Line
Anonymous Gift
Object Number
2002.134
Gong ending in human head and neck, with three-tiered coiffure, three vertical scarification incisions on cheeks, one vertical incision on forehead, and traces of white pigment on face; incised cross above gong cavity.
The Baltimore Museum of Art by gift, 2002; Howard and Jane Cohen, Baltimore
