Drum
Unidentified Kerewa maker
Moinamu village
Papuan Gulf
Papua New Guinea
collected in 1966
Wood, natural pigments (red, white, and black)
Overall: 32 11/16 in. (83 cm)
Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth: Gift of Evelyn A. J. Hall and John A. Friede
183.7.26397
Geography
Place Made: Papua New Guinea, Melanesia, Oceania
Period
20th century
Object Name
Musical Instrument
Research Area
Africa
Not on view
Exhibition History
Coaxing the Spirits to Dance: Art and Society in the Papuan Gulf of New Guinea, Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth College, Hanover, New Hampshire, April 1-September 17, 2006.
Provenance
Collected by Thomas Schultz, 1966; Evelyn A. J. Hall and her son John A. Friede, New York, 1980; given to present collection, 1983.
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