Asmat Drum

Asmat drum carved out of dark brown wood with a lizard skin drum head.
Lizard skin drum head of an Asmat drum that has a heart-shaped dark spot in the center of the skin.
Asmat drum with large tribal pattern carved into the body.
Straight on view of the handle on a carved Asmat drum.
Bottom half of an Asmat drum featuring a squatting person carved into the handle.
Asmat drum carved out of dark brown wood with a lizard skin drum head.
Lizard skin drum head of an Asmat drum that has a heart-shaped dark spot in the center of the skin.
Asmat drum with large tribal pattern carved into the body.
Straight on view of the handle on a carved Asmat drum.
Bottom half of an Asmat drum featuring a squatting person carved into the handle.

Asmat Drum

$1,155.00

This drum was made by Tomas Bisin from the village of Atsj, Asmat Tribe, West Papua. Made of wood, monitor lizard skin and rattan. The handle depicts a hornbill, ancestor figure. The body motif consists of worm or snake tracks and the roots of trees. Coll. 2000.

MATERIALS: wood, lizard skin

DIMENSIONS: 18.25"L x 7.5"W x 4.88"D

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