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Tambour à main "kundu" et trompette ·  Papouasie-Nouvelle-Guinée - Sepik · ID: 3050583

Prix d'appel 300 €
Prix d'Estimation 500 €
Provenance
Alexander Kubetz, Munich, Germany

Description

wood, pigments, cowrie shell, a) hand drum “kundu”, engraved with the name of the previous owner “Caon Mkel”, stringing and rattan ring missing, h: 74.4 cm; interesting detail: the Christian cross symbol was integrated into the traditional carving patterns

b) trumpet with bird’s head, h: 62.4 cm; wooden trumpets were used for signalling success in an enterprise such as hunting, but especially in warfare


Littérature comparée

Beran, Harry & Barry Craig (ed.), Shields of Melanesia, Honolulu 2005, p. 196


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