Gong beater

Museum number:
11-37688
Permalink:
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Accession number:
Acc.1915
Description:
beater, carved wood, for log slit gong; handle end is keeled and knobbed with two eye-like bulges; white pigment in excised areas of design
Donor:
Ellsworth La Boyteaux and Mrs. Ellsworth La Boyteaux
Collection place:
April River Tributary, Upper Sepik River, Papua New Guinea
Culture or time period:
New Guinea, Papua Island
Collector:
Bruce D. Lawes
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Gongs
Function:
5.4 Secular and Religious Musical Instruments
Accession date:
1964
Department:
Oceania
Images:
Hearst Museum object 1 of 3 titled Gong beater, accession number 11-37688, described as beater, carved wood, for log slit gong; handle end is keeled and knobbed with two eye-like bulges; white pigment in excised areas of designHearst Museum object 2 of 3 titled Gong beater, accession number 11-37688, described as beater, carved wood, for log slit gong; handle end is keeled and knobbed with two eye-like bulges; white pigment in excised areas of designHearst Museum object 3 of 3 titled Gong beater, accession number 11-37688, described as beater, carved wood, for log slit gong; handle end is keeled and knobbed with two eye-like bulges; white pigment in excised areas of design

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