Hand drum "kang hatgu"

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Description

hard wood (“minamba”), slightly encrusted brown patina, remains of polychrome pigments, intact cover with lizard skin (“vihu”, Varanus indicus Daudin), sandglass-shaped, carved with a massive handle and incised ornaments, slightly dam., cracks, paint rubbed off;
drums of this type were used at ritual dances (in front or inside the ritual house) as ryhthmical accompaniment for the songs of old men.

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Comparing literature

Koch, Gert, Kultur der Abelam, Berlin 1968, ill. 96

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