Iconography

NON-EURASIAN ICONOGRAPHY

Oceania / Melanesia / Music
Oceania / Melanesia / Figures / Ancestor figures / Miscellaneous

PORTRAITS

Ancestor figures / Male

Further details

Drum belonging to the 'Ondoforo' (hereditary political and religious chief). Drum beat represents the voice of its associated ancestor. Decorative band in the middle depicts the Ondoforo's protective waist band.

Artist or creator

Sentani (Lake Sentani, Papua New Guinea)
Blank

Date

19th century - 20th century

Location

.., Private collection (Acquired by Jacques Viot in 1929)

Notes on photograph

Bibliographic Citation

Anthony Meyer, Oceanic Art, Cologne 1995, ill. 48

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