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Fly Whisk ("Mpunga")

Late 19th century-early 20th century
19th-20th C.
Africa, Democratic Republic of the Congo
14 1/8 in. x 1 7/16 in. x 1 1/2 in. (35.81 cm x 3.68 cm x 3.81 cm)

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Artist unknown

Culture/People: Tabwa peoples

Medium: Wood, raffia, twine, resin, and buffalo hair

Credit Line: Gift of Michael A. Heymann and Deborah S. Port

Accession Number: 2010.137

Currently On View

Provenance

Michael Heymann, Carmel, CA, purchased from Marc L. Felix (reference number FC 61324), Brussels, Belgium in 1986.

Bibliography

Grunne, Bernard de. 1980. La sculpture Batabwa. Thesis (licéncié en archéologie et histoire de l'art)--Université Catholique de Louvain, 1980

Maurer, Evan M., and Allen F. Roberts. 1985. Tabwa: the rising of a new moon, a century of Tabwa art. Ann Arbor, Mich: University of Michigan Museum of Art.

Richard, Paul. 1986. "Deciphering the little known: from southeast Zaire, works of the Tabwa". Washington Post.

Roberts, Allen F. 1986. "Duality in Tabwa art". African Arts. 19: 26-35.

Roberts, Allen F. 1990. "Initiation, art and ideology in southeastern Zaire". Iowa Studies in African Art. (3): 7-32.

Roberts, Allen F. 1993. "Insight, or, Not seeing is believing". Secrecy : African Art That Conceals and Reveals. 65-79.

Roberts, Allen F. 1988. "Through the bamboo thicket: the social process of Tabwa ritual performance". Africa : Prophecy and Puppetry, Weddings and Worship, Ritual, Rivalry and Opera / [ ... Guest Editor, Margaret Thompson Drewal]. 123-138.

Thys van den Audenaerde, Dirk F. E., and H. van Geluwe. 1986. Tabwa: Tervuren 1986. Tervuren [Belgium]: Musée Royal de l'Afrique Centra

"An exhibition of Tabwa art: three years of work behind the scenes". 1985. Research News. 36: 10-11.

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social status
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Tabwa

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