Lot #9317 - A Fine Old Slit Gong Drum Terminal, Coastal Sepik River Area, East Sepik Province, Papua New Guinea, 19th Century
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Auction House:Theodore Bruce
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Sale Name:Timed Online Auction | The Todd Barlin Collection of Oceanic and Asian Art | Day II
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Sale Date:09 Aug 2022 ~ 6pm (AEST)
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Lot #:9317
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Lot Description:A Fine Old Slit Gong Drum Terminal, Coastal Sepik River Area, East Sepik Province, Papua New Guinea, 19th Century
on a custom stand. This beautiful old male ancestor figure once adorned the end of a massive horizontal Garamut Slit Gong Drum that the Sepik & Ramu River societies are renown for. Each village had at least one if not several of the impressive drums were used in many traditional ceremonies but also allowed distant villages to communicate with each other. See the historical photo for the type of Slit Gong Drum this figure came off of.
H 45 cm -
Provenance:The Todd Barlin Collection of Oceanic Art
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Estimate:A$400 - 600
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Realised Price:
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Category:Tribal
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