Drum
52-42-9
From: New Britain | West Nakanai
Curatorial Section: Oceanian
| Object Number | 52-42-9 |
| Current Location | Collections Storage |
| Culture | Lakalai |
| Provenience | New Britain | West Nakanai |
| Section | Oceanian |
| Materials | Wood | Skin | Plant Fiber | Pigment |
| Description | Hourglass type. La Kuude. Wood, painted black; traces of red and white on carving. Wide carved band of squares and rectangles, each with interior arc on each of its sides forming a reserve concave-sided figure. Loop handle on side. Drumhead lizard skin. Naitve name - La Variiki. |
| Length | 68 cm |
| Width | 18.9 cm |
| Credit Line | New Guinea Ethnological Reconnaissance; Ward Goodenough, 1952 |
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