KSS 895 d
(Asmat drum)
From Southern Irian Jaya,
Indonesia.

Height: 43".
Width : 6 3/4".

Carved from wood into an hourglass shape.

Monitor lizard skin top with beeswax drops for tuning with a woven split rattan band.

Heavy patina at handle and upper part of drum.

Age cracks repaired with beeswax.

Collected in Agats,4/94.