Hand Drum

possibly Middle Sepik River
Sepik River
Papua New Guinea

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Early Transitional Period

Wood and pigment

Overall: 23 1/4 × 7 5/16 in. (59 × 18.5 cm)

Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth: Harry A. Franklin Family Collection

990.54.27942

Geography

Place Made: Papua New Guinea, Melanesia, Oceania

Period

20th century

Object Name

Musical Instrument

Research Area

Oceania

Not on view

Course History

Anthropology 50.34, Native American and Indigenous Studies 30.28, Peoples of Oceania, Brinker Ferguson, Spring 2024

Provenance

Acquired by Harry A. Franklin (1903-1983), Los Angeles, California, in the 1950s; bequeathed to the Harry A. Franklin Family Collection, Los Angeles, California, 1983; lent to present collection, 1990; given to present collection, 2002.

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