Wood, carved upper in the form of a head/neck. Base is of metal (iron?) Purchased from J. J. Klerjman
Donor:
Berta Bascom
Collection place:
Republic of the Congo
Verbatim coll. place:
Central Africa, Congo, Tsogo
Culture or time period:
Tsogo
Collector:
Berta Bascom and William Russell Bascom
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Gongs
Function:
5.4 Secular and Religious Musical Instruments
Accession date:
June 23, 2004
Department:
Africa (except Ancient Egypt)
Dimensions:
width 11 centimeters, length 44.5 centimeters, and height 8.6 centimeters
Comment:
J. J. Klerjman attribution: Mpongwe; Fry, 1972, #44, “Tsongo” [Shogo], called mokenge; Hersey, “Atlanta” [1973] #28 “M’Pangwe”Millot, “Pierre Guere”, 1962, #14, “Tsogo’; Leuzinger, 1971, #R18, “Mitshogo”; #R19, Mitshogo”; #R20 , “Mitshogo”Robbing, 1966, #242, “Gabon”; PAHMA Storage Loc: V 3-Bascom--5
Loans:
S1968-1969 #39: Contra Costa College (November 18, 1968–December 27, 1968), S1968-1969 #87: College of Marin (April 3, 1969–May 2, 1969), and S1969-1970 #32: Santa Rosa Junior College (October 24, 1969–October 31, 1969)