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1902.60.5

Carved wooden drum with monitor skin head and nut shell jingles.

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1902.60.5

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Collection type
Object
Description
Carved wooden drum with monitor skin head and nut shell jingles.
Geographical reference
Papua New Guinea
Oceania > Melanesia > Papua New Guinea
Daudai
Person
Field collector Henry Balfour
PRM source Henry Balfour
Date / Period
Date made: Before 1902
Date collected
By 1902
Acquisition information
Donated: 1902
Materials and processes
Material Wood Plant, Material Lizard Skin Reptile, Material Plant Nut, Process Carved, Process Hollowed, Process Perforated, Process Decorated, Process Inlaid
Dimensions
Diameter: max 153 mm head, Length: max 890 mm
Object numbers
Accession number: 1902.60.5

Search terms: Music, Figure, Musical Instrument, Fish Figure

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