Slit Drum
North Ambrym Island
Vanuatu (New Hebrides)
not dated
Wood
Overall: 132 in. (335.3 cm)
Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth: Harry A. Franklin Family Collection
990.54.27300
Geography
Place Made: Vanuatu, Melanesia, Oceania
Period
20th century
Object Name
Musical Instrument
Research Area
Oceania
Not on view
Exhibition History
Monumental Figural Sculpture from the Melanesian Collection, Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth College, Hanover, New Hampshire, January 6-March 31, 1996.
Provenance
Acquired by Harry A. Franklin (1903-1983), Los Angeles, California, in the 1950s; to the Harry A. Franklin Family Collection, Los Angeles, California, 1983; given to present collection, 1990.
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