Lot Essay
See Kelm, H., Kunst vom Sepik, Vol.I, Berlin, 1966, fig.153, for a similar drum with two roosters and two crocodiles in relief collected on the Sepik Expedition of 1912/13.
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NEW GUINEA
Details
A SEPIK DRUM
New Guinea
Of hourglass form, the body carved in relief with stylised animals, bands of zigzags, scrolls and other motifs, a large crocodile in high relief to one side and a large hornbill to the other side, dark glossy patina.
44 in. (111.5 cm.) high
New Guinea
Of hourglass form, the body carved in relief with stylised animals, bands of zigzags, scrolls and other motifs, a large crocodile in high relief to one side and a large hornbill to the other side, dark glossy patina.
44 in. (111.5 cm.) high
Provenance
Collected by B.K. Woodman, 1933
Roberta M. Nochimson, New York, 1974
Roberta M. Nochimson, New York, 1974