Gong, (Eloundja, Ilonga, Gunga)

19th - 20th century

Nkutshu

Telela

Republic of the Congo

Iron

20 1/4 x 8 1/2 x 4 1/2 in. (51.4 x 21.6 x 11.4cm)

Partial gift of Tom Joyce and partial purchase with funds from John and Robyn Horn

2007.253

Photo by Tom Joyce

Not currently on view

Resources

Exhibition HistoryAsheville, North Carolina, Life Force at the Anvil, A Blacksmith's Art from Africa, May 22 - August 28, 1998

Published ReferencesBallarini, Roberto, trans. Pamela Knight. Black Africa's Traditional arms. Milano: Africa Curio, S.A.S., 1992 p. 112

Dje, Jacqueline Cogdell, ed. Turn Up the Volume! A Celebration of African Music. Los Angeles: University of California, 1999

Van Geluwe, H.T. Paradijs, and H. Nauts. De Mongo Cultuur: Bewoners Van Het Evenaarswoud in Zaire. Brussels: Gemeentekrediet, 1984. p. 150

Hurst, Norman and Anne D'Alleva. African Arts of War and Peace. Cambridge: Hurst Gallery, 1988 p. 24

Ginzberg, Marc. African Forms, Italy: Skira Editore S.p.A., 2000 p.134

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