A Papua New Guinea Drum. Papua New Guinea, Sepik River. H. 20.5".
The drum of classic waisted form, decorated throughout with very deeply incised Sepik designs. Probably once with a handle, now long gone and completely patinated over. Remains of red infill and a deep reddish patina to the middle where it would have been handled. Typanum missing. Property of a Midwestern private collector.
