GORGEOUS AFRICAN GOLD COAST TRIBESMAN VINTAGE SAND- CASTING, MARIMBA DE CHONTA

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OFFERED FOR SALE THIS AUCTION, RARE  ( NON- MAGNETIC) VINTAGE AFRICAN SAND-CASTING WITH MATTE BLACK FINISH
OF SEATED  SENUFO/BAULE/ASHANTI/GA-ADANGE TRIBESMAN PLAYING A MUSICAL INSTRUMENT KNOWN AS A MARIMBA DE CHONTA.
THIS RARE AND UNUSUAL SAND-CASTING WAS GIFTED TO A GERMAN CHRISTIAN DEACON DURING HIS EARLY MINISTRIES IN THE AFRICAN GOLD COAST COUNTRIES OF GHANA, COTE D'IVOIRE and MALI. (NOTE ONE WOODEN MALLET/DRUMSTICK IS MISSING)
WITH AFRICAN ORIGINS THE INSTRUMENT BEING PLAYED IS KNOWN AS A MARIMBA DE CHONTA  AND ALTHOUGH DIFFICULT TO PINPOINT ACTUAL TRIBAL HERITAGE HERE, THIS WONDERFUL VINTAGE SAND-CASTING IS ARTISAN SIGNED AND DATED
**********                   D. NDLOVU, 1937 and WEIGHS ALMOST THREE (3) POUNDS.     *************
PLEASE GOOGLE/YOU-TUBE MARIMBA DE CHONTA TO FIND ACTUAL AFRO-PACIFICA INSTRUMENT BEING BOTH CONSTRUCTED AND PLAYED  …………...