SOLD / SALE! MC1802 Rare! Bell

SOLD / SALE! MC1802 Rare! Bell "Dibu" wood Yombe or Vili Bakongo Kongo people bell

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CONGO DRC


KONGO people
YOMBE or VILI
Pretty Dibu zoomorphic dog bell

 Bells of this type, small prestige objects, were used by the peoples of the Lower Congo (Bakongo, Vili, Yombe, Woyo) during initiation rites, divination, as well as for therapeutic purposes, their music being supposed to attract ancestors, benevolent spirits and chase away vengeful spirits.


Ex collection of Mr BB,
More information on request

Features:

TYPE OF OBJECT: Bell, jingle bell
MATERIAL: Wood
ETHNICITY: Yombe or Vili
ORIGIN: Congo DRC
DIMENSIONS: Height 13 cm
CONDITION: Average, all three doors are missing
 (See photos).
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To learn more about Ndibu bells
To know more about Ndibu Bells

Read the notices in the following catalogs

- Sotheby's Paris, Malcolm Volume Two:, 06/22/16, lot 12

- Bonhams, African, Oceanic and Pre-Columbian Art
Including the Robert & Nancy Nooter Collection, 05/11/2021, lot 131

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CONGO DRC

KONGO people
YOMBE or VILI
Cute zoomorphic dog "Dibu" bell

Those Ndibu bells are small objects of prestige, were used by the people of Bas Congo (Bakongo, Vili, Yombe, Woyo) during rites of initiation, divination, as well as for therapeutic purposes, their music being sensitive attract ancestors, benevolent spirits and drive away vengeful spirits


Ex collection of Mr BB
More information on request

  Features:

TYPE OF OBJECT: Bell
ETHNICAL GROUP: Yombe or Vili
COUNTRY OF ORIGIN: Democratic Republic Congo
MATERIAL: Wood
DIMENSIONS: about 5 inches high (13 cm)
CONDITION: Medium
The three clappers are missing
Please have a look on pictures.


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