Musical Instruments
An intricately carved Akan wood horn prestige object. Wood, gold foil. 11.4 inches. EX Gallery Walu, Zurich before 1995 (René David)
Music hammer and gong. Baule, Côte d'Ivoire. Wood, covered with gold foil. H 15 cm and 16.5 cm. “Perhaps the most unfamiliar item in the (Baule) aja is the gold- leafed replica of the iron gong and wood mallet (lawre waka) used by a diviner to enter into a state of trance prior to a divination session.” Doran H. Ross. Provenance: Estate René David (1928-2015), Zurich
Wood and gold replica of an European-style bugle. Estate René David (1928-2015), Zurich Exhibited: Musée International du Golfe de Guinée, Togo (2005-2011).
