Louis Ledoux: Papua New Guinea Collection

Round Band of Rattan and Cloth

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Start price: $40

Estimated price: $80 - $100

Buyer's premium: 28%

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Round band made of rattan and cloth. Such a band may have been used to affix a snake or lizard skin to the opening of a handheld kundu drum, for example lot #147.

Locale: Murik Lakes, Lower Sepik River
Country: Papua New Guinea
Date: 1936 or earlier
Material: rattan, cloth
Dimensions: Diameter 6"

Provenance: Louis Pierre Ledoux Collection