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Iatmul/Chambri hand drum
Iatmul or Chambri
Object Place: Sepik River, Papua New Guinea
Medium/Technique
Wood, skin, shells, fiber
Dimensions
Overall: 46 x 18 x 19 cm (18 1/8 x 7 1/16 x 7 1/2 in.)
Credit Line
Bequest of William E. Teel
Accession Number2014.163
CollectionsAfrica and Oceania, Musical Instruments
ClassificationsMusical instruments – Idiophones
Provenance1963, acquired in Papua New Guinea by Wayne Heathcote (dealer), New York [see note]; sold and re-purchased in Europe by Heathcote; March 15, 1985, sold by Heathcote to William and Bertha Teel, Marblehead, MA; 2014, bequest of William Teel to the MFA. (Accession Date: February 26, 2014)
NOTE: According to the dealer’s notes, he purchased this drum while acting as census officer in Indigai village, paying one Australian dollar and trading a pocket comb and mirror.
NOTE: According to the dealer’s notes, he purchased this drum while acting as census officer in Indigai village, paying one Australian dollar and trading a pocket comb and mirror.