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Sanza with two male and female heads
Wood, wrought iron, cot…
See original version (French)
158
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Sanza with two male and female heads
Wood, wrought iron, cot…
See original version (French)
Estimate €200 - €300
Voluntary lot
Description
Sanza
with two male and female heads
Wood, wrought iron, cotton, old patina and marks of use
Luba, Democratic Republic of Congo
25 x 14.5 cm
Sanza, or lamellophones, played an important role in the musical and ceremonial practices of the Luba people. Used for wakes, community celebrations, historical accounts or consultations linked to lineage memory, they accompanied speech, song and certain forms of ritual mediation. The sculpted heads reinforced the symbolic value of the instrument and could evoke ancestral figures or complementary principles. The combination of male and female faces here reflects a search for balance and duality, integrated into a composition of restrained presence and balanced volumes.
Provenance :
Collected in Katanga (Belgian Congo) between 1952 and 1970 by Charles Mahauden, a Belgian colonial administrator nicknamed Kisongokimo by the Grand Chief of the Balubas.
Author of : Mahauden, Charles, Kisongokimo - Chasse et magie chez les Balubas, Paris, Flammarion, coll. "L'Aventure vécue", 1965, 252 p.
See original version (French)
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