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Drum

A drum made from a single piece of wood with carved ornaments featuring a representation of two fish (catfish), and another highly abstracted element in between them, the meaning of which remains obscure. A very old piece with a heavy patina and bearing the original signs of repair.

Data Provider
Städtische Museen Freiburg
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Cultural attribution
Kamoro
Object type
Trommel
Dimensions
Höhe: 470.0 mm, Durchmesser: 160.0 mm
Current location
Museum Natur und Mensch
Inventory number
II/0071

Provenance and sources

when
1914 or later
who
Herder, Hermann - Former Possessors

where
New Guinea (location/origin)
Melanesia (location/origin)
Oceania (location/origin)
Papua (location/origin)

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