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Drum
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Drums are considered to be valuable possessions in New Guinea. They are played to large numbers of people at festivities, such as at funerary rituals, and also to accompany groups of dancers. The tension and thus the tone of the drum can be regulated by the wax balls on the skin.

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Städtische Museen Freiburg
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Cataloguing data

Object type
Trommel
Dimensions
Height: 740.0 mm
Diameter: 170.0 mm
Material/Technique
Wood
Current location
Museum Natur und Mensch
Inventory number
II/2438

Provenance and sources

when
01.01.1950 - 31.12.1970
when
28.01.2008
where
Goroka (location/origin)
Papua New Guinea (location/origin)
Melanesia (location/origin)
Oceania (location/origin)
who
Privatbesitz - Collectors

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