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Hand drum, Kundu (Melanesian Pidgin) , C-14 dating: 1640–1820 (91% probability)
Wood, encrusted pigment, monitor skin, rattan
63 x 20 x 25 cm (24 13/16 x 7 7/8 x 9 13/16 in.)
The Marcia and John Friede Collection, a Promised Gift to the Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco L05.1.52

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Artist Biography: (none) PROVENANCE: Jolika Collection of New Guinea Art PUBLICATIONS: 2005 - "The drum has a crocodile figure as a grip. Hand drums are 'chiefly played as accompaniment to clan-specific name songs sung on various occassions such as a funeral, or the inauguration of a house or a canoe" (Kocher Schmid in Greub, 1985: 186, text no. 49)." (Catalog #182, New Guinea Art: Masterpieces from the Jolika Collection of Marcia and John Friede, 2005, Volume 2, p. 112.)

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Pidgin Melanesian Kundu drum Hand Francisco San Museums Arts Fine Gift Promised Friede John Marcia Art Jolika subgroup Woliagwi people Iatmul Oceania Province Sepik East Guinea New Instrument Musical monitor pigment encrusted rings rattan by place held top over stretched skin high very stands crocodile designs relief wood piece one hollow Carved 0709200406050503 A360967 L05.1.52 AOA