Monumental Yoruba Slit Gong, African Musical Instrument

A Tall carved wooden slit drum with elaborate ancestor head on top and well worn surface suggesting field use over many years. The Drum features the head on an ancestor with a highly ornate coiffure a

Monumental Slit Gong / Drum, Ambrym Island, Vanuatu, early 20th c. The towering slit gongs of northern Vanuatu are among the largest musical instruments in the world. They are carved from the trunks o

TWO SLIT GONGO DRUMS CONGO MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS, Mid 20th century. Two Slit Gong Drums or Yaka Gongs from Congo or Angola. Hand carved drum forming a hollowed cylindrical body with a slit at the front

An African carved wood slit drum musical instrument. An abstract wildlife carving, modeled as an African or Cape buffalo. Monumental size, produced in a primitive tribal style, with hand carved detail

1700-1750 YORUBA TWO-HEADED DRUM AFRICAN TRIBAL MUSICAL INSTRUMENT from Slave Trade Period Purchased from collector in 1950 as being a drum from the Slave Trade. The Yoruba diaspora consi

A Tall and elaborately carved wooden drum musical instrument, with ornate geometric designs, ancestor face and signs of tribal repairs and field use over many years. The Drum measures an impressive 42

A tall carved wooden musical instrument with tall slender ringed neck and serene ancestor face on top, a well used surface patina and tuned slits that produce a percussive sound. Dan peoples, Ivory Co

African Drums, Musical Instruments, Chieftain's Stool. Lot includes Round Yoruba Gudugudu drum with drumstick top center from Zaire - 20th c. See Afro-Am Art and Craft by Chase pg. 53 - Note this drum

A group of Six African Style Musical Instruments. ++ Congo Style Whistle. Wood. 6 3/4" x 2". ++ West African Style Thumb Piano. Wood, metal. 6" x 3 3/4" x 1 1/2". ++ A West African Style Slit Drum. Wo

A carved wooden musical instrument / drum with female effigy as the central support, polychromed paints and signs of field use and wear. Yoruba peoples, Nigeria, Africa. The drum measures 24 inches ta

This is a very fine and rare old example of the Mangbetu court arts. The finial of the five-stringed harp is carved to represent a human head. The delicately rendered features of the face include styl

An old African musical instrument, made of wood covered with snake skin, the neck is made of ivory carved with figures. Length: 107 grams. The cords are missing, minor flaws. *This lot cannot be sold

Carved wooden shaker type instrument from the Bassa ethnic group within the Dan complex of Tribes, Liberia, Africa. A very well worn and well handled example, featuring a carved ancestor head atop a w

20th c. Kamel Ngoni, part of the family of hunters lute-harps of the Mande people in Mali, similar to the Kora with a calabash gourd body, hand posts, and neck. 47 1/2" long with a 12" x 8" gourd. Goo

Raft Zither. African Musical Instrument. Carved and stained wood with seven vegetable fiber strings. Great condition. 29.5"x 7.5". Provenance: The Acacia Collection and The Old Slave Mart Museum. Feat

An African musical wooden instrument of the early 20th century thumb piano. The object is carved from wood by hand, and the metal plates on the top of the instrument are of different lengths to create

Lot 219 African Musical Instruments, Group of 3 one string instrument with custom metal stand, one cylindrical instrument, and one percussion instrument with custom metal stand largest: 32 1/2 x 14 1

116 Sounding Forms. African Musical Instruments Brincard, Marie-Therese New York : The American Federation of Arts (1989) ISBN: 0- 917418-89-1 English text 205 pages 180 illustrations Softcover 30,5 x

Ethnic African Musical Instruments Lot of 2 Vintage Carved Wood Approximately 8 1/4" x 4 1/8"; 12 1/8" x 5 3/4".

carved wood and metal, 4" x 6"......The mbira or thumb piano is an African musical instrument consisting of a wooden board (often fitted with a resonator) with attached staggered metal tines, played b

The Original Hugh Tracey (English ethnomusicologist, 1903–1977) Kalimba, made in South Africa by African Musical Instruments. Made of native African kiaat wood and spring steel. The erased labe

African Ritual Musical Instrument, Eastern Nigeria Size: 6.75'' (17 cm) (ring circumference); 6.25'' (16 x cm) (pendant rattles length).

West African Kora Musical Instrument, made of a leather covered gourd, with 8 strings and cowrie shell decoration, H.- 30 1/2 in., W.- 12 in., D.- 5 1/2 in. Provenance: Palmira, the Estate of Sarkis K

A very old and well used donso n'goni or 6 string hunters harp from the Senufo peoples of Mali / Ivory Coast, West Africa. The Ngoni consists of a large gourd vessel body and animal hide membranes wit