Iatmul/Chambri hand drum
Object PlacePapua New Guinea
Medium/TechniqueWood, skin, shells, fiber
DimensionsOverall: 46 x 18 x 19 cm (18 1/8 x 7 1/16 x 7 1/2 in.)
Credit LineBequest of William E. Teel
Accession number2014.163
On View
On viewClassificationsMusical instruments
Collections
Provenance1963, acquired in Papua New Guinea by Wayne Heathcote (dealer), New York [see note]; sold and re-purchased in Europe by Heathcote; March 15, 1985, sold by Heathcote to William and Bertha Teel, Marblehead, MA; 2014, bequest of William Teel to the MFA. (Accession Date: February 26, 2014)
NOTE: According to the dealer’s notes, he purchased this drum while acting as census officer in Indigai village, paying one Australian dollar and trading a pocket comb and mirror.
NOTE: According to the dealer’s notes, he purchased this drum while acting as census officer in Indigai village, paying one Australian dollar and trading a pocket comb and mirror.
early 20th century
19th century
A.D. 1000–1500
Early to mid-20th century
20th century
mid 18th–19th century
20th century
mid to late 20th century
