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Kundu
Tribal hourglass-shaped drum made of wood, with a lizard skin membrane glued onto the top rim. It has a carved handle at waist section of the body.
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second half of 19th century - Maker:
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Swindon Museum & Art Gallery - Inventory number:
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Papua New Guinea - Hornbostel-Sachs classification:211.241.1 Individual single-skin hourglass-shaped drums
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- Decorative elements:Small dried fruit shells are attached to a carved protruding trim at waist section. Carved symbolic design on the top head surface.
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- Hornbostel-Sachs category:211.241.1 Individual single-skin hourglass-shaped drums
- Repository:Swindon Museum & Art Gallery
- Measurements:Height: 695mm; Diameter: 170mm