Drum Pounder
ClassificationsTools and Equipment-musical instruments-drum pounders
Dateearly to mid 20th Century
Made AtEast Sepik Province, Papua New Guinea
MediumWood
Dimensions32 1/2 × 2 5/8 × 2 1/4 in. (82.6 × 6.7 × 5.7 cm)
Credit LineAnonymous Gift
Object number2003.43.21
DescriptionThis object is a rhythm pounder (or drum pounder) with a crocodile head handle. It comes from Wogamus Village in the Sepik/April River region of Papua New Guinea and it dates to the early to mid 20th century. Drumming plays an important role in communication between villages in the Sepik River region. Drumming also takes place during special ceremonial events and celebrations. Carved in hard wood, drum pounders often would have an intricately designed ancestral figure on one end.On View
On view
late 19th - 20th Century
c. 1800
early 20th Century
mid 20th Century
19th Century
late 19th to mid 20th Century
late 20th to early 21st Century
20th Century
20th Century