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Large wooden drum with carved face, bird and other carvings
Large wooden drum with carved face, bird and other carvings
Object Number 2004.24.23833
Display Title Large wooden drum with carved face, bird and other carvings
Descriptions
Keywords
  • Studio
  • Ethnographic
  • Music and Sound Communication
Subject
  • Drum
  • Carved
  • Wood
  • Face
  • Bird
Department Photographic
Date 1965
Artist Arsen E. Charles
Culture
  • Melanesia
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Oceania / Papua New Guinea
Additional Geographic Terms Sepik River, Middle
Materials Negative, black and white
Dimensions Overall: 11.43 x 8.89 cm (4 1/2 x 3 1/2 in.)

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