Hand drum "kundu" ·  Papua New Guinea - Sepik, East Sepik Province, Dreikikir District, Nuku · ID: 3039326

Description

wood, reddish brown patina, black pigment, reptile drum skin with remains of resin clots, hourglass-shaped corpus divided in four oval compartments carved with paired leafs, handle in shape of a stylized crocodile, slightly dam. (drum skin), abrasion of paint, rattan ring missing

The object Hand drum “kundu” with the object ID 3039326 was last part of the auction 81st Tribal Art Auction at October 31, 2015 on Zemanek-Münster Auction house and had the lot number 81.

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Comparing literature

Craig, Barry (ed.), Living spirits with fixed abodes, Honolulu 2010, p. 186, MPNr 100