Old hand drum "kundu" ·  Papua New Guinea - Sepik · ID: 3041637

Description

wood, dark brown patina, encrusted in some areas, remains of white pigment, hourglass-shaped drum corpus with raised ring-shaped cuff, to the top and to the bottom carved with the gaping jaws of two crocodiles, slightly dam., minor missing parts, cracks, abrasion of paint, drum skin missing;
when not in use, drums were stored above fireplaces so that the smoke would keep insects away. Over generations, a rich patina was built up.

The object Old hand drum “kundu” with the object ID 3041637 was last part of the auction 85th Tribal Art Auction at March 4, 2017 on Zemanek-Münster Auction house and had the lot number 35.

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