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Lot #9066 - A Superb Old Drum, Middle Sepik River Area, East Sepik Province, Papua New Guinea

  • Auction House:
    Theodore Bruce
  • Sale Name:
    Timed Online Auction | The Todd Barlin Collection of Oceanic African & Asian Art
  • Sale Date:
    05 Dec 2022 ~ 6pm (AEDT)
  • Lot #:
    9066
  • Lot Description:
    A Superb Old Drum, Middle Sepik River Area, East Sepik Province, Papua New Guinea
    H 89 cm
  • Provenance:
    Collected in 1965-1966 by the Geologist Peter Austin. Part of Austin's collection was sold to the Royal Ontario Museum in Toronto and published in a book 'New Guinea: Big Man Island' by ES Rogers, Royal Ontario Museum, Toronto Canada 1970; & The Todd Barlin Collection of Oceanic Art
  • Notes:
    This hourglass shaped drum is often referred to as a Kundu which is the Papua New Guinea pidgin English term for this type of drum. Old drums like this fine example were family heirlooms often used over several generations of a family. The whole drum is finely incised with ancestors faces in high relief along with clan designs that were later highlighted with ochre. The lug handle and whole drum have an old deep patina from use and storage in the men's ceremonial house. The use of drums is very important to all traditional ceremonies where drumming and singing relate stories of ancient ancestral beings who are invoked for protection & fertility.
  • Estimate:
    A$600 - 800
  • Realised Price:
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  • Category:
    Tribal

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