Hand drum "kang hatgu" ·  Papua New Guinea, Abelam, Village Ulupu · ID: 3033661

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.

The object Hand drum “kang hatgu” with the object ID 3033661 was last part of the auction 70th tribal art auction at September 8, 2012 on Zemanek-Münster Auction house and had the lot number 36.

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Comparing literature

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