Sepik river slit gong drum

New Guinea Sepik River Slit Drum. An elaborately-carved "garamut", measuring approximately 40" X 9" X 10". The drum has a magnificent patina; suggestive of considerable age, and much use. The American

A large Garramut, Sepik River Papua New Guinea slit-drum, probably 19th century, with elaborate incised designs, classically Sepik, on the sides and a very artful and commanding head projecting from o

Massive Crocodile Form Slit Drum, Sepik River, 1st half 20th C, in form of a crocodile, with polychrome and shells (LUCE8229)(LUCE8229) Measurements: 58 L Condition: Condition commensurate with age an

Sepik Carved Wood Drum Beater, PNG. A hand-carved wooden beater mallet used to strike a large garamut slit-gong drum. Provenance: ex Michael Hamson. Size: 30'' x 3'' x 2'' (76 x 8 x 5 cm).

A group of two Melanesian drums. 20th century. Papua New Guinea. ++ Telefomin handheld drum. 36" x 5." ++ Sepik River handheld drum. Sepik River. 44" x 8."_x000D_ Provenance: From the Estate of Lynda

Monumental Slit Gong / Drum, Ambrym Island, Vanuatu, early 20th c. The towering slit gongs of northern Vanuatu are among the largest musical instruments in the world. They are carved from the trunks o

TWO SLIT GONGO DRUMS CONGO MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS, Mid 20th century. Two Slit Gong Drums or Yaka Gongs from Congo or Angola. Hand carved drum forming a hollowed cylindrical body with a slit at the front

Crocodile hand garamut (drum) - YAMUK - Papua New Guinea 1970 Wood 45 cm GARAMUT - Carved Wooden Slit Gong Drum from the Yamuk of Papua New Guinea with mystical symbolic meaning. The drum was hand car

**Originally Listed At $400** Oceania, Papua New Guinea, Sepik River region, ca. early 20th century CE. A tall, hand-carved wooden drum in the form of a standing anthropomorphic figure with a crested

A Sepik River handheld drum with hide covered top. New Guinea. 1st half 20th century. 17"l x 4 1/2"dia. Provenance: Inventory and Collection from the Estate of Merton D. Simpson. Catalog Notes: Drums

Three wood carved and pigmented drums with tympanums constructed of some kind of reptilian skin (crocodile?). All the pieces exhibit wear consistent with age in the form of scuffs, dings and scratches

A middle Sepik River crocodile drum. East Sepik province, Iatmul people, Papua New Guinea.Of typical hourglass shape the handle in the form of a crocodile with scaly back and elongated face with redde

This is a very fine and rare carved wooden slit gong or drum with traditional barrel form of a hollowed out log with large slit on top with areas carved thinner for the tone of the drum. The Drum feat

Oceania, Papua New Guinea, Sepik River region, ca. mid 20th century CE. A sleek wooden drum carved from a single piece of hardwood, with repeating zoomorphic figures and geometric motifs down the side

Kundu hand-carved wood drum, with intact tympanum, handle, and incised stylized faces on body with traces of pigment. Sepik River Region, New Guinea. Dimension: Length: 18 3/4 in. Condition: good over

**Originally Listed At $300** Oceania, Papua New Guinea, Sepik River region, ca. mid 20th century CE. A sleek wooden drum carved from a single piece of hardwood, with repeating zoomorphic figures and

A Vintage to antique carved wooden drum with elaborate incised designs and a monitor lizard skin as the drum head membrane. The Drum was carved in traditional hourglass form and has a carved wooden ha

20th C., carved tropical hardwood with reptile skin cover and inset shells; together with a wire-bound bamboo flute Drum: appx. 25"h

Papua New Guinea, large Garamut drum, Sepik River Region, coral, white and black pigment on carved wood, the long hollowed canoe-form body decorated with incised circular pattern and painted link scro

Southeast Asia, Indonesia, Java, ca. 19th to early 20th century CE. A beautiful and ornate percussion instrument known as a kentongan (pentongan), a type of slit drum / gong. This was signaling and ce

Together with a later Sepik River carved and painted drum (lacking skin), 2 pieces total Gope board: appx. 48-7/8"h x 8-1/4"w

A Carved wooden slit drum or gong with half moon shape, handle and embellished with metal tacks and anthropomorphic ancestor head. Mangbetu peoples, Congo/ DRC/ central Africa. The drum has a well han

wood, base L: 50,5 cm (incl. handles), L: 19,9 inch Provenance: Alexander Kubetz, Munich, Germany

A Fine and ornate Lower Sepik drum. Lower Sepik/Ramu River, Madang province, Papua New Guinea.Of ornate form, the beautifully carved drum with eight fully carved birds carved about the upper and lower