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Carved wooden drum
Object Number 2004.29.22701
Display Title Carved wooden drum
Descriptions
Object Description Written on board: "New Mecklenbourg / or / New Ireland / New / Guinea / Melanesia / Oceania / Musical instrument, drum, carved / wood painted red and black, representing / a crouching animal- Eyes of inlaid shell-""
Department Photographic
Culture
  • New Guinea
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Oceania / Papua New Guinea / New Ireland Province
Oceania / Papua New Guinea / <State> / New Mecklenburg
Materials Print, black and white adhered to Paperboard
Dimensions Overall: 8.89 × 15.24 cm (3 1/2 × 6 in.)

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