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Dance GONG PAIR

Currency:USD Category:Antiques / Asian Antiques Start Price:140.00 USD Estimated At:200.00 - 280.00 USD
Dance GONG PAIR
Online Auction only, with advance bids accepted at iCollector and at the Gallery. No live bidding
in the Gallery, and tie bids go to the earliest bidder. All proceeds will go 100% to the World Peace Foundation Building Fund of Hadley, MA.
Called "agonga" they could be used a cymbols or struck gongs in the various rituals that always were accompanied by music. Several tribes used these in the Southern Mindanao region of the Philippines. This pair were purchased from a "selling Museum" in Zamboanga, not far from the city proper (whites should NOT go far from any city in that region !) Excellent condition, early 20th C. of patinated White Bronze, and 6-1/2" across, they have nice embossing and 2-concentric rows of punched decoration on the upper surfaces. Scarce and useable.