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drum

The drum is hourglass-shaped, with a handle carved in the middle. The top and bottom sections of the drum are carved with incised patterns, resulting in lighter wood that was removed. The top of the drum is covered with stretched snake skin, fabric and rattan.

Data Provider
Übersee-Museum Bremen

Cataloguing data

Object type
drums (membranophones)
Dimensions
General: 70 × 15 cm Partial dimensions (max. diameter): 17 cm
Material/Technique
Wood; Snakeskin; Rotang
carved
Current location
Übersee-Museum Bremen
Inventory number
D10910
Other number(s)
http://coll.uebersee-museum.de/v/D10910

Provenance and sources

  • Production
    when
    1800-1913
    where
    Papua New Guinea
  • Change of physical control
    when
    not documented
    who
    Ludwig Cohn - Former Possessors
  • Assignment to a curated holding:
    Ethnographic collections

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Legal status metadata
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