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Details
- Other Title
- Kundu (hand drum)
- Place where the work was made
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Lufa District
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Eastern Highlands Province
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Papua New Guinea
- Cultural origin
- Yagaria people
- Dates
- early 20th century
collected 1972 - Media categories
- Musical instrument , Ceremonial object
- Materials used
- wood, carved and incised designs, animal skin membrane
- Dimensions
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56.5 x 16.0 x 14.0 cm
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0 - Whole, 56.5 cm (22 1/4")
0 - Whole, 16 cm, diameter at drum mouth (irreg.)
0 - Whole, 14 cm, diameter at drum head (irreg.)
- Credit
- Gift of Stan Moriarty 1977
- Location
- Not on display
- Accession number
- 573.1979
- Copyright
- © the artist, under the endorsement of the Pacific Islands Museums Association's (PIMA) Code of Ethics
- Artist information
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Kasure's Grandfather
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About
Stan Moriarty was in the Territory of Papua and New Guinea from 11 May until 6 June 1972, travelling to Port Moresby, Goroka, Lufa District, Kainantu, Mount Hagen, and to the Southern Highlands Patrol Posts at Ialabu and Kagua.
On 15 May 1972, Moriarty travelled to the district of Lufa in the company of Patrol Officer Alan McNeil, who was stationed at Lufa Patrol Post from 1971 to 1973. The following day Moriarty noted in his journal:
'Light rain all day. Went in afternoon to Kolove. Took photos of local girls in doorway of native house I had been invited in to dodge the rain. Bought a drum from the owner of the house for $4 and one of the girls explained that he had sold it to me very cheap as I had honored him in stopping in his house.'
The drum has been carved from one piece of wood and has an hourglass shape. The handle is decorated with a deeply incised design and on the opposing side there is a carved ridge with five inverted 'V' shapes through the centre. The drumhead is made from reptile skin.
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Exhibition history
Shown in 1 exhibition
Plumes and pearlshells: art of the New Guinea highlands, Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney, 30 May 2014–10 Aug 2014
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Bibliography
Referenced in 1 publication
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Natalie Wilson (Editor), Plumes and pearlshells: art of the New Guinea highlands, Sydney, 2014, 72 (colour illus.), 170. cat.no. 19
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