Hour-Glass Shaped Drum "Kundu"
date: label: Accession Date
content: 1 Nov 1989
label: Collection Date
content: 1944
name: label: Collector
content: Mr. Murrell S. Smith
label: Donor Name
content: Mr. Murrell S. Smith
notes: label: Notes
content: "KUNDU" IS COMMON TERM FOR DRUMS, ALSO NATIVE TERM FOR NEW GUINEA ROSEWOOD "PTEROCARPUS INDICUS" OFTEN USED FOR THIS TYPE OF DRUMS. DRUM HAS CARVED DESIGN ALONG SIDES. HOLLOW W/ OPEN ENDS. ONE END OPEN. DRUM HEAD COVERED W/ DRESSED REPTILIAN SKIN, SECURED W/ ROLLED COTTON CLOTH (TO FORM A RIM) & LIGHT-BROWN VINE. LUMPS OF WAX PELLETS (BLACK& HARDENED) ADHERED TO CENTER OF SKIN. THESE HELP MAINTAIN TENSION & SKIN-DRUM'S PITCH. BODY HAS GEOMETRIC ABSTRACT DESIGNS, PAINTED IN ORANGE-RED, BLACK, & WHITE. WHOLE BODY STAINED IN DARK-RED, INCLUDING INTERIOR. CARVED EDGES ALONG SIDES HAVE HOLES (FOR STRINGING HANGING CORDS?) TWO HANDLES AROUND WAIST AREA (MIDWAY). ONE HANDLE IS SEMI-CIRCULAR, COVERED W/ GEOMETRIC DESIGN IN ORANGE-RED, BLACK, & WHITE. OPPOSITE HANDLE HAS 3 SCALLOPED PEAKS W/ PERFORATION IN EACH PEAK. UPPERMOST SCALLOP (TOWARD DRUM HEAD) BROKEN & REPAIRED PREVIOUSLY. CONDITIONS: EXPOSED EDGES OF SKIN DRY & BRITTLE. CLOTH HAS YELLOWED. NOTE: MATERIALS IDENTIFICATION CONFIRMED IN *ENCYCLOPAEDIA OF PAPUA AND NEW GUINEA* VOL. 2, 1972. GENERAL EDITOR, PETER RYAN.
label: Record Last Modified
content: 21 Dec 2018
label: Specimen Count
content: 1
place: label: Place
content: Nadzab, New Guinea, 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: 387028
label: USNM Number
content: E427877-0
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Drum
physicalDescription: label: Height - Object
content: 57 cm
label: Width - Object
content: 22 cm