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Two Papua New Guinea Carved Wood Kundu Drums

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Two Papua New Guinea Carved Wood Kundu Drums

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Description

Oceania, Papua New Guinea, Kavieng region, ca. late 19th to mid-20th century CE. A pair of wooden ceremonial drums, known as kundu, with intricate engraved motifs across the body and a lizard skin stretched across as the beater surface. Both are a hollow hourglass shape, the smaller has drilled tabs for attaching a strap and the larger has a thick handle, and the midsection is etched with linear motifs and faces. Both have "KAV" carved into the surface for Kavieng. These are surprisingly lightweight and made for travel - the sound the kundu makes is believed to be spirit voices, and so these drums are played at nearly all religious and community events. The skin head is made from a monitor lizard ? which are even locally known as "kundu palai," or "drum lizards." Tree gum or blood from the reptile is often used as an adhesive to ensure the beater head stays in place. In Oceania drums take on countless forms, but the kundu is especially significant and featured in the national emblem of Papua New Guinea! Size of larger drum: 7" Diameter x 26" H (17.8 cm x 66 cm)

Provenance: private Los Angeles, California, USA collection

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Condition

Both are functional as drums, nice resonance. Larger drum has an old repair with resin on the skin center. Chips and pressure fissures in the wood on both. Dark patina and mineral deposits. Nice signs of age and smooth areas from use and touch.