Zemanek-Münster

Hand drum "apa"

Papua New Guinea - Golf, Elema/Purari Delta
not available anymore
Provenance
Helmut Gutbrod, Berlin, Germany
Size
H: 66 cm
H: 26.0 inch

Description

wood, blackish brown patina, min. pigment remains, intact reptile drumskin, braced with the handle by rattan strings, rattan ring wrapped with gauze-like fabric for fixing, clots of resin on the drum skin, fish-mouth opening at the bottom carved with spirit faces, abrasion of paint, fine cracks, small original repair at the bottom


Comparing literature

Hamson, Michael, Red Eye of the Sun, Los Angeles 2010, p. 161

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