Slit Drum

Yaka people, DR Congo/Angola (map), d. late 19th/early 20th c.

Carved and fashioned wood

14.25” h x 3.5” w (36.2 x 8.9 cm)

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Small slit drums were thought an indispensable medium for Yaka trance diviners (LaGamma 2000: 51). The slit drum at hand, with its downcast eyes and serene visage, is a particularly beautiful example of a classic form.

REFERENCES

LaGamma, Alisa. Art and Oracle: African Art and Rituals of Divination. New York:

The Metropolitan Museum of Art, 2000.

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