FANG, Ogooué region, Gabon. - Lot 96

FANG, Ogooué region, Gabon. Bamboo, palm rib, gourd. Two musical instruments known as "Mvet", they were used by the "Mbom-Mvet", Mvet players-storytellers, to tell heroic tales. The Mvet combines the zither on a stick with the harp in its strings. Second half of the 19th century. L. 111 cm. (accidents and missing parts). Bibliography: "L'Esprit de la forêt", Terres du Gabon. Musée d'Aquitaine/Somogy éditions d'Art, 1997. Pages 168 and 170. Note: See in the collections of the Musée Africain de Gunsbach (Haut-Rhin). Provenance: MOEVUS Loches Collection. By descent. Part of a group of objects found in an attic in Loches that had not been moved for over a century. Expert : Christian NJIENSI