Lot n° 406
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SANZA OR LAMELLOPHONE ANTHROPOMORPHONE made of wood and bamb - Lot 406
SANZA OR LAMELLOPHONE ANTHROPOMORPHONE made of wood and bamboo. Zande, Democratic Republic of Congo. H.49. Among the Zande, the sanza symbolizes the human body, most often feminine. It is used to accompany songs for entertainment; in the past it was used to accompany walking songs. Often played alone this instrument is more rarely combined with others. Collected in the 1950s in Leopoldville. A copy of the same type is kept at the Tervuren Museum in Brussels (number 234 in the museum catalogue). Exhibition: Paris 2018 "From yesterday and today, the crazy aesthetics of Africa".
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