KSS 899 d
(Asmat drum)
From Southern Irian Jaya,
Indonesia.

Height: 22".
Width (top): 6 3/4" (bottom): 4 3/4".

Carved from wood into an hourglass shape.

Monitor lizard skin with split rattan band.

Very old, heavy patina.

No carving/plain,chips at bottom of drum.

Collected in Atsji, Siretj river, 1/95