Wooden drum

Museum number:
11-37663
Permalink:
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Accession number:
Acc.1915
Description:
drum, wood hourglass-shaped; covered with relief designs, mostl curvilinear, which have white and cream-colored pigments in excised areas; top end covered with tree lizard (palei) skin; played in ceremonies
Donor:
Ellsworth La Boyteaux and Mrs. Ellsworth La Boyteaux
Collection place:
May River Tributary, Upper Sepik River, Papua New Guinea
Culture or time period:
Papuan
Collector:
Bruce D. Lawes
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Drums (membranophones)
Function:
5.4 Secular and Religious Musical Instruments
Accession date:
1964
Department:
Oceania
Images:
Hearst Museum object titled Wooden drum, accession number 11-37663, described as drum, wood hourglass-shaped; covered with relief designs, mostl curvilinear, which have white and cream-colored pigments in excised areas; top end covered with tree lizard (palei) skin; played in ceremonies

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