Small frog drum "pha si" · Myanmar / Laos, Karen · ID: 3045992
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Provenance
Manfred Sackmann, Berlin, GermanyVan Ham, Cologne, 12 June 2019, lot 2548
German Collection
Size
D: 20 cm
H: 14,5 cm
D: 7.9 inch
H: 5.7 inch
Description
bronze,
When there is a drought, the Karens take the drums into the fields where they are played to make the frogs croak because the Karens believe that if the frogs croak, it is sign that rain will surely fall. Therefore, the drums are also known as “rain drums”