drum
Objectcode
EA/8/6
Description (brief)
Hourglass shaped drum or tifa. The drum has a handle and is carved from light wood. The body of the tifa has been decorated with geometric carved patterns, coloured white (carved parts) and black. The drum skin is missing. The original mounting of the skin a broad ring of bast fibre cord is still present.
Dimensions (L x W)
37,0 x 14,0 cm
Thesaurus terms
Materials thesaurus
Materials thesaurus
» organic
» vegetal
» wood
Materials thesaurus
» organic
» vegetal
» bark
» bark fibre
» bark fibre cord
Cultural
Cultural origin
» Papua
Geographic
Geographical term
» Papua
Object category
OVM Category
» art
» music
» membranophones