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Collections

Figurative Slit Drum20th century

On view:
Geffen Galleries, Navigating Pacific Asia
Tall carved wood sculpture of a stylized standing figure with oversized oval eyes, knobbed hair band, and relief chest ornament, weathered ash-gray surface
Title
Figurative Slit Drum
Place Made
Vanuatu
Date Made
20th century
Medium
Wood
Dimensions
109 × 16 × 15 1/4 in. (276.86 × 40.64 × 38.74 cm)
Credit Line
Gift of Joseph and Barbara Goldenberg
Accession Number
M.2016.179.17
Classification
Tools and Equipment
Collecting Area
Art of the Pacific