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Late 19th Cent. Kuba Drum W Honey Brown Patina - Harry Franklin Collection

About the Item

A tall and elegant wood pedestal drum with a fully-carved face on the side, and two registers of incised linear designs above and below. It has an absolutely gorgeous honey-brown patina, that could only have come from decades of handling and playing; the kind of surface that is highly prized by serious African Art collectors. The drum is mounted on a removable square wood base Kuba Kingdom, DRC, late 19th Century. PROVENANCE – Harry Franklin Gallery, Beverly Hills, CA, before 1983.(See his gallery tag on the base) - Craft & Folk Art Museum, Los Angeles, CA. Deaccessioned at Butterfield & Butterfield Galleries , Sale #6779, March 26, 1998, Lot 4540. Harry Franklin was one of the premier Tribal Art Dealers in Los Angeles from the 1950's until his passing in 1983. This was a period when L.A. was a major hub of Tribal and Pre-Columbian Art Collecting, and many luminaries in the film community collected in these fields( Edward G. Robinson, Vincent Price, John Houston, etc... The sale of his African Collection at Sothebys N.Y. in 1990 was a landmark in the field when his famous sculpture "The Bangwa Queen" sold for $3.4 million, and elevated the African Art Market to a completely new level.

Dimensions:

Height: 48 in (121.92 cm)Diameter: 10 in (25.4 cm)

Style:

Tribal (In the Style Of)

Materials and Techniques:

Wood,Carved

Place of Origin:

Congo, Democratic Republic of the

Period:

Late 19th Century

Date of Manufacture:

Late 19th Century

Condition:

Wear consistent with age and use. The surface is in great condition , with only the loss of a few of the carved wooden pegs that decorate the head.

Seller Location:

Culver City, CA

Reference Number:

1stDibs: LU8673234904222

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