Hand drum "kundu" ·  Papua New Guinea - Sepik · ID: 3042283

Description

wood, brown patina, remains of red, white and blue pigment, characteristic hour-glass shape, corpus on both sides carved with the gaping jaws of two crocodiles, two spirit heads with pierced septum at the handle, intact lizard-drum-skin and rattan ring wrapped with cloth, slightly dam., abrasion of paint

The object Hand drum “kundu” with the object ID 3042283 was last part of the auction 86th Tribal Art Auction at May 27, 2017 on Zemanek-Münster Auction house and had the lot number 115.

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