Drum
P3720
From: New Guinea | German New Guinea
Curatorial Section: Oceanian
| Object Number | P3720 |
| Current Location | Collections Storage |
| Provenience | New Guinea | German New Guinea |
| Section | Oceanian |
| Materials | Wood | Skin | Plant Fiber | Pigment |
| Description | Wooden hour-glass drum with black skin head (snakeskin?) at one end. Middle section carved with designs; handle on one side and tooth-like ridges opposite handle. Handle and carved section painted black. Rest of drum painted red. Poor condition. Large piece of lower half of drum broken off: part glued back on, part missing. Hole in drum head. |
| Length | 64 cm |
| Outside Diameter | 20 cm |
| Credit Line | Purchased from J. F. G. Umlauff, 1913 |
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