Drum

84-2-47

From: New Guinea | Kerema (uncertain)

Curatorial Section: Oceanian

Native Name Kundu
Object Number 84-2-47
Current Location Collections Storage
Provenience New Guinea | Kerema (uncertain)
Section Oceanian
Materials Wood | Pigment
Description

Tall, thin hourglass shaped drum (kundu) with two points at top. Incised and painted designs include lozenge-shaped, schematized faces, interlocking on all four sides. Bright red, white, black, at top and on points. Wide crack from base almost whole length.

Credit Line Gift of Benjamin Bernstein, 1984

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