Kulkul (Drum)

Unidentified Samoan maker

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Wood

Overall: 16 15/16 × 2 3/4 in. (43 × 7 cm)

Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth: Acquired by exchange from the Fairbanks Museum and Planetarium, St. Johnsbury, Vermont

53.65.13203

Geography

Place Made: Samoa, Polynesia, Oceania

Object Name

Musical Instrument

Research Area

Oceania

Not on view

Provenance

The Fairbanks Museum and Planetarium, St. Johnsbury, Vermont; received by present collection in an exchange, 1953.

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