Drum "Gama"
date: label: Accession Date
content: 26 Jan 1987
label: Collection Date
content: 1966
name: label: Collector
content: Dr. Thomas Schultz-Westrum
label: Donor Name
content: Evelyn J. Hall
notes: label: Notes
content: TAPERING DRUM WITH ARCHED PRONG ON THE OPEN BASE,HOLLOW. LOWER PORTION CARVED ALL ROUND, PAINTED, AND IS SEPARATED BY RAISED EDGE FROM REST OF DRUM. HAND DRUMS WERE STORED IN MEN'S HOUSES WHEN NOT IN USE. POOR CONDITION, SPLITTING AND DRY ROT. SYMMETRICAL DOUBLE LOOPS WITH DENTATE STEMS, DENTATE MOTIF ON EDGE OF ARCHED PRONG AND CHEVRONS RED, WHILE PAINT IN THE CARVED DESIGNED, REST OF SURFACE OF DRUM IS BLACK FROM CHARRING OR PAINT. TECH.: SURFACE DECORATION IS IN RELIEF FORM BY INCISED OR CARVED MOTIFS.
label: Record Last Modified
content: 1 Jul 2022
label: Specimen Count
content: 1
place: label: Place
content: Kerewa Area, New Guinea / Gulf Province, Papua New Guinea, Melanesia
topic: label: Topic
content: Ethnology
culture: label: Culture
content: Not Given
setName: label: See more items in
content: Anthropology
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: NMNH - Anthropology Dept.
identifier: label: Accession Number
content: 358974
label: USNM Number
content: E423724-0
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Drum
physicalDescription: label: Length - Object
content: 88.5 cm
label: Depth - Object
content: 11 cm