Hand drum "kang hatgu" · Papua New Guinea, Abelam, Village Ulupu · ID: 3033661
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Description
hard wood (“minamba”), slightly encrusted brown patina, remains of polychrome pigments, intact cover with lizard skin (“vihu”, Varanus indicus Daudin), sandglass-shaped, carved with a massive handle and incised ornaments, slightly dam., cracks, paint rubbed off;
drums of this type were used at ritual dances (in front or inside the ritual house) as ryhthmical accompaniment for the songs of old men.
Littérature comparée
Koch, Gert, Kultur der Abelam, Berlin 1968, ill. 96