drum (tifa)
Objectcode
EA/79/2
Description (brief)
Hourglass-shaped drum (tifa) made of dark-coloured wood. The skin, made of iguana leather, is attached using rattan. The top of the drum is painted green, the bottom is decorated with painted geometrical motives in green, brown and white.
Dating
1950
Production technique
carving
Thesaurus terms
Cultural
Cultural origin
» Papua
Geographic
Geographical term
» Papua
Object category
OVM Category
» art
» music
» membranophones