Drum

ClassificationsTools and Equipment-musical instruments-drums

Datec. 1920

Made AtGulf Province, Papua New Guinea

MediumWood, wicker and paint

Dimensions35 1/2 × 4 5/8 × 4 7/8 in. (90.2 × 11.7 × 12.4 cm)

Credit LineBowers Museum Purchase

Object number2009.5.6

DescriptionPapuan Gulf drum from Aroto Village, Kikori area. Dates circa 1920. A cylindrical shaped hollow drum with open ends. One of the two ends is shaped like an open fish or crocodile mouth; "u" shaped. Around that same end, there are deeply carved spiral-like designs filled in with orange and yellow pigment or paint.

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