Drum
52-42-10
From: New Britain | West Nakanai
Curatorial Section: Oceanian
| Object Number | 52-42-10 |
| Current Location | Collections Storage |
| Culture | Lakalai |
| Provenience | New Britain | West Nakanai |
| Section | Oceanian |
| Materials | Wood | Pigment |
| Description | Hourglass type: La Kuude. Wood, painted black; traces of white in carving. Carved decoration: deep zigzags of toothed lines (crocodile jaws?), wavy lines, bands of chevrons, mounds filled with dentate bands. Loop handle on side. Upper side inset to hold drumhead (missing). |
| Length | 70.5 cm |
| Width | 18.9 cm |
| Credit Line | New Guinea Ethnological Reconnaissance; Ward Goodenough, 1952 |
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