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Maker(s):Unknown
Culture:Congolese, Yaka people
Title:Slit Gong
Type:Musical Instrument
Materials:wood, fiber
Place Made:Africa
Measurements:Overall: 18 1/2 in x 4 1/4 in x 4 1/4 in; 47 cm x 10.8 cm x 10.8 cm
Accession Number:  AC 1999.40
Credit Line:The Barry D. Maurer (Class of 1959) Collection of African art purchased with Amherst College Discretionary Fund and funds from H. Axel Schupf (Class of 1957)
Museum Collection:  Mead Art Museum at Amherst College
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Description:
This divination ritual musical instrument consists of a crescent-shaped "drum" with a vertical slit, surmounted by a male head. A tapper would strike the torso during the initiation rituals, to invoke spirits, or to punctuate statements.

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