Slit Drum "Garamut"
date: label: Accession Date
content: 28 Apr 1994
label: Collection Date
content: 1970's
name: label: Collector
content: George C. McGhee
label: Donor Name
content: George C. McGhee
notes: label: Notes
content: GARAMUT (SLIT GONG DRUM) REALISTICALLY CARVED IN THE SHAPE OF A CROCODILE; THE SNOUT HAS ELABORATE INCISED CARVINGS; THE EYES AND TOP OF THE HEAD HAVE BUILT-UP RESIN AND ARE INSET WITH COWRIE SHELLS AND OTHER SMALL SHELLS; TRACE OF SOME REMAINING CASSOWARY FEATHERS PROTRUDING FROM THE TOP OF THE HEAD; CROCODILE HIDE PATTERNS TRACED ON LENGTH OF BODY (DRUM) AND ALL 4 LEGS ON WHICH THE DRUM STANDS; CROCODILE TAIL POINTS STRAIGHT OUT WITH CARVED REALISTIC HIDE PATTERNS; ON THE REAR OF THE CROCODILE JUST BEFORE THE TAIL IS A HUMAN FACE, SHAPED FROM RESIN FACING UPWARD WITH INSET COWRIE SHELL EYES; COWRIE SHELLS AND OTHER SMALL SHELLS INSET ALONG PIECE; BROWN AND BLACK CASSOWARY FEATHERS NEAR CHIN. DAMAGE: 9 CM. CRACK IN WOOD TO RIGHT OF FACE AT TAIL; SNOUT ON BOTTOM REAR- PIECES CHIPPED OFF; BADLY CRACKED IN FRONT LEG; EVIDENCE SUGGESTS THAT THERE MAY HAVE BEEN ADDITIONAL ATTACHMENTS (MORE FEATHERS ?) AT ONE TIME. (CATHERINE RHODES, CATALOGUER, 1996.) *YERAKAI SPEAKERS IN SEVERAL HAMLETS, WEST OF CHAMBRI LAKE (E. SEPIK PROV.) (GEWERTZ: 1983:11) NOTE: "GARAMUT" IS 'TOK PISIN' (MELANESIAN PIDGIN) FOR SLIT DRUM. (SUSANNA KELLY, CATALOGUER, 1994.)
label: Record Last Modified
content: 12 Jul 2023
label: Specimen Count
content: 1
place: label: Place
content: Yerakai, New Guinea / East Sepik Province, Papua New Guinea, Melanesia
topic: label: Topic
content: Ethnology
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content: Anthropology
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: NMNH - Anthropology Dept.
identifier: label: Accession Number
content: 390923
label: USNM Number
content: E427228-0
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Drum
physicalDescription: label: Length - Object
content: 205 cm
label: Width - Object
content: 29 cm
label: Depth - Object
content: 31 cm