Slit drum "garamut" ·  Papouasie-Nouvelle-Guinée - Sepik · ID: 3033712

Description

wood, greyish brown patina, remains of red ochre and white pigment, oval corpus, decorated with curved ornaments, carved with a large anthropomorphic head with crocodile snout, remains of plant fibre tassels, slightly dam., minor missing parts, paint rubbed off, cracks;
presumably remittance work.
big slit drums were considered as particular sacred instruments. Only chosen people were allowed to beat them on important ritual occasions. Small drums were mainly used as signals for passing on news.

L’objet Slit drum “garamut” avec l’ID d’objet 3033712 a fait partie de la dernière vente aux enchères 71st tribal art auction dans 24 novembre 2012 le Zemanek-Münster Hôtel des ventes. L’objet portant le numéro de lot 76 a atteint un prix de vente de 400 €.

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Littérature comparée

Kelm, Heinz, Kunst vom Sepik, Band I, Berlin 1966, ill. 165 Aumann, Georg, Kunst und Kunsthandwerk aus Neu Guinea, Coburg 1986, p. 109