Drum

29-50-677

From: New Guinea | Palimbei

Curatorial Section: Oceanian

Object Number 29-50-677
Current Location Collections Storage
Provenience New Guinea | Palimbei
Section Oceanian
Materials Wood
Iconography Human Face
Description

Cf. 29-50-671. Wooden. For handle attachments cf. 29-50-676. At each side of each wooden loop is a carved boss. Between each loop and the nearer end of the drum is carved in intaglio a human mask. On the other side of the drum, a third mask.

Height 91.2 cm
Outside Diameter 22.5 cm
Credit Line Purchased from Max Boehmig through Emil Roehrig (Barthels Mfg. Co.), 1924
Other Number 603 - Other Number

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