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Slit Gong Pounder, late 19th - 20th Century Wogamus Village, Sepik/April River region, East Se…
Drum Pounder
Slit Gong Pounder, late 19th - 20th Century Wogamus Village, Sepik/April River region, East Se…
Slit Gong Pounder, late 19th - 20th Century Wogamus Village, Sepik/April River region, East Sepik Province, Papua New Guinea, Melanesia Wood; 33 1/4 × 3 × 2 1/2 in. 99.76.71 Anonymous Gift

Drum Pounder

ClassificationsTools and Equipment-musical instruments-drum pounders
Datelate 19th - 20th Century
Made AtEast Sepik Province, Papua New Guinea
MediumWood
Dimensions33 1/4 × 3 × 2 1/2 in. (84.5 × 7.6 × 6.4 cm)
Credit LineAnonymous Gift
Object number99.76.71
DescriptionThis object is a slit gong pounder (or drum pounder) with a crocodile head handle. It comes from Wogamus Village in the Sepik/April River region of Papua New Guinea. 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.
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