Drum; single-headed hourglass drum with intact monitor lizard head; 3/4 of original surface scraped away removing part of decoration; single handle with scroll-like incised designs above and below; remnant of lime and red ocher filler in designs; height 98.5 cm. Used in dances.
Collection place:
Trobriand Islands, Milne Bay Province, Papua Region
Verbatim coll. place:
Trobriand Islands, Melanesia
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Drums (membranophones)
Function:
5.4 Secular and Religious Musical Instruments
Department:
Oceania
Loans:
S1985-1986 #47: Peabody Museum of Natural History (Yale Univ.) (April 1, 1986–July 31, 1986), S1985-1986 #48: Jagiellonian University, Poland (October 1, 1986–March 31, 1987), S1985-1986 #49: Warsaw Museum of Asia and the Pacific (1987–1987), and S1985-1986 #9: Arizona State Museum (September 20, 1985–February 7, 1986)