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1994.11.0075 :: kalebass

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En kalebass med glödristade motiv föreställande en niombobegravning. Ett litet lock av en bit kalebass och en hänganordning i form av en sträng flätade växtfibrer är fästade vid mynningen. Har varit märkt 406 B. Till en liknande kalebass (som kan vara samma) finns uppgiften: "Kalebass med graverade bilder, som illustrera en tilldragelse. Det enda sätt, vi funnit, till försök av någon slags inhemsk minnesteckning eller skrivkonst." Börrisson, C N, "Katalog och beskrivning över Svenska Missionsförbundets missionsetnografiska vandringsmuseum från Kongo", Malmö, 1925, s 71.

Litt: "The Four Moments of the Sun", National Gallery of Art, Washington, 1981, Reikat, Andrea, "Niombo: Begräbnisrituale in Zentralafrika", Rautensrauch-Joest-Museum, Köln, 1990, Söderberg, Bertil, "Les instruments de musique au Bas-Congo et dans les regions avoisinantes", Stockholm, 1956 och Widman, Ragnar, "The Niombo Cult among the Babwende", Etnografiska Museet Stockholm, Monograph Series, 1967.

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