N-kooku
Maker
Unknown, Yaka
ClassificationsMusical Instruments / Equipment
Dimensions15 1/4” x 3 3/4”
Materials/TechniqueWood
Credit LineGift of the Herman Copen Trust
Object numberAF2002.0572.COP
DescriptionDiviner’s slit drum with human head. Commonly called n-kooku (ancestor) or n-kookwangoombu, ancestor of Ngoombu, the divinatory cult.
Place of origin / madeDemocratic Republic of Congo (Zaire), Africa
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