Hourglass-shaped drum with one lizard-skin head; rattan hoop affixed; intricate carving on drum and handle
Donor:
Klaus Koch and University Appropriation
Collection place:
Pirimapun village vicinity, Cassowary Coast, Asmat regency, Papua
Culture or time period:
Asmat
Collector:
Bruce D. Lawes
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Carvings (visual works) and Drums (membranophones)
Function:
5.4 Secular and Religious Musical Instruments
Accession date:
1967
Department:
Oceania
Loans:
S1967-1968 #31: University of California, Irvine (September 26, 1967–December 28, 1967), S1967-1968 #76: University of California, Davis (1968–unknown), S1974-1975 #4: University Art Museum (UC Berkeley) (July 19, 1974–February 7, 1975), S1974-1975 #67: Civic Arts Center (Walnut Creek) (February 5, 1975–May 7, 1975), S1977-1978 #50: Howe Homestead (City of Walnut Creek) (April 11, 1978–June 7, 1978), and S1980-1981 #34: Triton Museum of Art (November 17, 1980–January 7, 1981)