Hand drum "kundu" ·  Papua New Guinea - Sepik · ID: 3038838

Description

wood, brown patina, traces of white pigment, intact monitor-lizard drum-skin, fine incisions on both sides representing the gaping jaws of two crocodiles, the handle carved with two long-nosed spirit figures, min. dam., cracks, traces of abrasion

The object Hand drum “kundu” with the object ID 3038838 was last part of the auction 80th Tribal Art Auction at June 27, 2015 on Zemanek-Münster Auction house. The object with the lot number 41 achieved a sales price of EUR 800.

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Comparing literature

Meyer, Anthony J.P., Ozeanische Kunst, Vol. I, Köln 1995, ill. 206