A MARIND ANIM DRUM

SOUTH COAST, MERAUKE AREA

Details
A MARIND ANIM DRUM
South Coast, Merauke Area
Of hourglass form with large rectilinear handle with fiber attachment, the base with three bands of spiral and zig zag motifs accented with red and white pigment, at the top a relief of three diamond and circle designs
48in. ( 121cm.) high
Provenance
Cornelis P Meulendijk, Christie's Amsterdam, June 23, 1983, lot 390.
Exhibited
Tropen Museum, Amsterdam, 1915.

Lot Essay

Collected in circa 1900 by Raedt van Adenbarnerelt.