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Cup drum

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The following was noted in the museum's main catalogue when this object was received: "'Altar' of Maloango, supreme god of the Loangos. Large wooden carving. It rests on the back of a leopard and carries a snakeskin-covered drum on top. The space in between, the ceiling of which is supported by two snakes, contains two loosely positioned female figures, one with a child, in two tiers one above the other. Height 1.04 metres. 'This altar is only kept in the king's flat and is only displayed on festive occasions, when a different story is told by the priest for each figure. Loango.".

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Cataloguing data

Object type
musical instruments
Dimensions
Weight: 3,878 kg
Depth: 27 cm
Diameter: 18 cm
Height: 105 cm
Width: 25 cm
Depth: 31 cm
Material/Technique
Wood , Leather (snake), Glass
Current location
Ethnologisches Museum, Staatliche Museen zu Berlin
Inventory number
III C 6344 a

Provenance and sources

  • Production
    when
    19th century
    where
    Republic of the Congo (Congo-Brazzaville)
  • Collecting
    who
    Robert Visser (1860 - 1937) - Collectors
  • Change of legal title:
    Acquisition
    Description
    Donation from R[obert]. Visser, Cayo Congo français 1896
  • Assignment to a curated holding:
    Africa

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Legal status metadata
CC BY-SA 4.0 DEED

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