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Drum, Gulf Province, Gulf of Papua, Papua New Guinea

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height 22 1/2in (57cm)

Provenance
Thomas Murray, Asiatica - Ethnographica, Mill Valley, California
Leon Meizlik Collection, Westchester, New York

Published
Tribal Arts, Winter 2006, p. 25 (advertisement)

This drum is finely carved with a resplendent incised curvilinear design filled with lime and three stylized faces in the classic Papuan enigmatic style; the drum handle at the midsection and monitor lizard (Varanus salvadorii) skin attached for the drumming surface.


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aopa
height 22 1/2in (57cm)

Provenance
Thomas Murray, Asiatica - Ethnographica, Mill Valley, California
Leon Meizlik Collection, Westchester, New York

Published
Tribal Arts, Winter 2006, p. 25 (advertisement)

This drum is finely carved with a resplendent incised curvilinear design filled with lime and three stylized faces in the classic Papuan enigmatic style; the drum handle at the midsection and monitor lizard (Varanus salvadorii) skin attached for the drumming surface.

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