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Drum with male figure , C-14 dating: 1490–1670 (93.4% probability)
Extremely heavy wood (Vitex cofassus), pigment, cowrie shell, rattan, mammal skin (probably pig)
103 x 26 x 25 cm (40 9/16 x 10 1/4 x 9 13/16 in.)
The Marcia and John Friede Collection, a Promised Gift to the Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco L05.1.112

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Artist Biography: (none) PROVENANCE: "Collectedy by Walter Behrmann, probably in 1912-13 on the Kaiserin-Augusta River Expedition. Königlichen Museum für Völkerkunde, Berlin; Arthur Speyer Collection, Eltville, Germany; Ralph Nash Collection, London." (Catalog #180, New Guinea Art: Masterpieces from the Jolika Collection of Marcia and John Friede, 2005, Volume 2, p. 111.) EXHIBITIONS: 1971-72 - Rautenstrauch-Joest-Museum für Völkerkunde, Cologne, 1971-72, "Schwarze lnseln der Südsee." PUBLICATIONS: 2005 - "This drum is made of a type of wood, garamut wood, or miambra, which is the region's hardest and most resistent to insects. it has deeply carved perforations which relate to those on the ancient suspension hook from Nyaurengai (see pl. 153). The drum takes the form of a hand drum, or kundu, but it is much too heavy for that purpose. An interesting aspect of the iconography is that the male figure is shown about to copulate with a vagina carved into its sounding board. The male figure is flanked by fish carvings, probably catfish, on both sides, which may have served as handles to carry the drum." (Catalog #180, New Guinea Art: Masterpieces from the Jolika Collection of Marcia and John Friede, 2005, Volume 2, p. 111.) 1971 - Stöhr, 1971, fig. 120.

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