Slit Drum
Ambrym Island
Vanuatu (New Hebrides)
early 20th century
Wood and orange, black, and white pigment
Overall: 106 in. (269.2 cm)
Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth: Harry A. Franklin Family Collection
990.54.28169
Geography
Place Made: Vanuatu, Melanesia, Oceania
Period
20th century
Object Name
Musical Instrument
Research Area
Oceania
Not on view
Exhibition History
Ancestors, Spirits, and Families: Expressing Relationships in Melanesian Art, Harrington Gallery Teaching Exhibition, Anthropology 47, Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth College, Hanover, New Hampshire, May 11-June 30, 1996.
Faces/Voices: The Harry A. Franklin Family Collection of Oceanic Art at Dartmouth College, Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth College, Hanover, New Hampshire, January 18-March 15, 1992.
Monumental Figural Sculpture from the Melanesian Collection, Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth College, Hanover, New Hampshire, January 6-March 31, 1996.
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, 1997.
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