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Gong (Mokenge)

Culture: Tsogho
Medium: Iron, wood, paint
Place Made: Gabon
Dates: 19th or 20th century
Dimensions: 16 3/4in. (42.5cm)
Collections: Arts of Africa and the Pacific Islands
Museum Location: This item is on view in African Galleries, 1st Floor
Accession Number: 86.224.146
Credit Line: Gift of the Ernest Erickson Foundation, Inc.
Image: Overall, 86.224.146_bw.jpg. Brooklyn Museum photograph

Catalogue Description: Iron bell with effigy handle of wood. Bell is painted with alternating pink and white horizontal stripes. Label attached by French trading company in Western Congo refers to bell as "Cloche a Palabre." Effigy handle in form of human head displaying Bambala-like hair style. Face shows traces of white paints.

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