A Fine Kamula Peoples Drum
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Description
A Lower/Middle Strickland River drum, Kamula people, Western Province, Papua New Guinea.Of elongated and nearly cylindrical form, the drum with terminus flaring slightly with incised lines; the whole with red and black pigment accented by white designs, and some yellow pigment at the terminus. Lizard Skin membrane is lost. Often mistakenly attributed to the Fly River, the drums of the Strickland river which empties into the Fly River is part of the Strickland-Bosavi cultural/linguistic world of the Papuan Plateau. The Kamula are the Southern-most people of this group and live quite far from Nomad (where these objects are also often said to come from), which is an area in Gebusi territory to the North. Drums of this type are used for all ritual dances but especially for the elaborate male initiation cycles practiced by the people of the Strickland-Bosavi cultures (See Bruce Knauft’s excellent website for photos and extensive video of the region and its art). The drum shape shares its general form with those of the people of the Western Gulf north of Kiwai likely disseminating through the Kikori river area. A Lovely and extremely rare drum.Acquired by Marc Seidler from George Craig, Field collected on the Strickland River in the early 1960s. The Drum Measures 41.75 inches tall x 5 inches wide.
Condition
Good, well handled and worn.
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A Fine Kamula Peoples Drum
Estimate $100 - $10,000
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