Mask - Congo (No reserve price)

Slotted Nkoko Ngombo drum with a cylindrical body topped by a head with powerful features, characteristic of Yaka statuary: almond-shaped eyes with closed lids set in sunken orbits, a prominent nose that is turned up, the mouth slightly open over a row of teeth with filed incisors according to the canonical style. Hair with a triple crest. An instrument used for divination, the Nkoko Ngombo drum signals the presence of the Nganga, the healer, grounds the chants and can serve as a receptacle during the preparation of medicines. Hard wood with a brown patina, traces of kaolin.