A Fine and rare Telefolmin drum from the Oksapmin language group, Star mountains, Sandaun province, Papua New Guinea. Of classical form, the elongated and narrow hour-glass shaped drum with well-patinated surface and no handle, the top with weathered and worn through tympanum, the bottom with meandering design in red and white.Drums of this type are found throughout the region and are usually ascribed to the Telefomin people. Schuurkampf (Schuurkampf, 1995) asserts that these drums were primarily made in the village of Siktamin by the Atbalmin and traded throughout the area. Provenance: Acquired by Marc Seidler in the Telefolmin area in the 1980s. The Drum measures 39 inches tall x 4.5 inches wide.Conditionfair, fragile, well handled and worn, stress fractures. What remains is stable.

Fragile, fair, stress fractures, weathered, hole in drum head, what remains is stable.