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Slit Gong Drum (Garamut), late 18th to 19th Century
Govermas village, Blackwater River, Middle…
Slit Gong (Garamut)
Slit Gong Drum (Garamut), late 18th to 19th Century
Govermas village, Blackwater River, Middle…
Slit Gong Drum (Garamut), late 18th to 19th Century Govermas village, Blackwater River, Middle Sepik River region, East Sepik Province, Papua New Guinea, Melanesia Garamut wood; 19 × 17 × 77 in. 2004.64.1 Anonymous Gift

Slit Gong (Garamut)

ClassificationsTools and Equipment-musical instruments-drums
Datelate 18th to 19th Century
Made AtEast Sepik Province, Papua New Guinea
MediumWood
Dimensions19 × 17 × 77 in. (48.3 × 43.2 × 195.6 cm)
Credit LineAnonymous Gift
Object number2004.64.1
DescriptionThis exceptionally old slit gong drum (or garamut) was collected in the 1980s at the village of Govermas in the Blackwater Lakes area of the Middle Sepik region of Papua New Guinea. Because it is carved from a single log of a hardwood also known as garamut, it is extrememly heavy and would have been used only in the men's house. Smaller, more common slit gongs are portable and taken to dances and other ceremonies.
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