Gong riutel "mokenge"

Gabon, Tsogho

Provenance	Taille	Prix d’appel / Prix d'Estimation
Gottfried Künzi, Oberdorf / Solothurn Switzerland René Rickli, Olten, Switzerland	H: 44 cm	Vendu

iron, wood, missing parts (gong corpus), base

This gong type is said to be used in the Tsogho men's initiation association called "evovi". It has been suggested that it was struck when resolving judicial matters.

Brincard, Marie-Therese, Sounding forms, New York 1989, p. 139, ill. 85

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