Double gong royal XVIIe
Ils servaient d'instrument de musique, frappé en rythme lors des cérémonies religieuses.
Informations complémentaires :
- Pays & Régions : Nigéria, Région : Bénin, Edo
- Type d'objet : Objets
- Thème : Musique (Instrument de musique)
- Aire Culturelle :
- Lieu :
- Provenance : Boston, Museum of Fine Arts Collection Robert Owen Lehman Inv. Number L-G 7.7.2012 1897, removed from the Benin Royal Palace during the Punitive Expedition by Dr. Felix Norman Ling Roth (b. 1857 – d. 1921); 1897, given by Roth to his brother, Henry Ling Roth (b. 1855 – d. 1925), Halifax, England; May 11, 1898, sold by Henry Ling Roth for £ 20 to Lt.-General Augustus Henry Pitt-Rivers (b. 1827 - d. 1900), Farnham, England; until the 1960s, kept at the Pitt-Rivers Museum, Farnham, and passed by descent within the family
- Bibliographie, Expositions :
- Caractéristiques : Alliage cuivreux; H.28;6 cm
