Drum
84-2-46
From: New Guinea
Curatorial Section: Oceanian
| Native Name | Kundu |
| Object Number | 84-2-46 |
| Current Location | Collections Storage |
| Provenience | New Guinea |
| Section | Oceanian |
| Materials | Wood | Lizard Skin | Cloth |
| Description | Hourglass shaped drum (kundu). Lizard skin held on with ring of peel and ring rapped on with strip of cloth (white, with some blue-dirty). Pointed projections above and below handleand three pointed projections opposite handle. Incised decoration: inter-locking spirals (bottom), rows of ovals (top), band of zig-zags, toothed crescents, etc. (around middle). |
| Credit Line | Gift of Benjamin Bernstein, 1984 |
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