A Massim drum

A Massim drum

Trobriand Islands

with carved decoration having remains of red/orange and white pigment, with an integral handle, and a reptile skin, the main body carved FARPCC and with a later inscription in yellow chalk Pres by R. Blackmore, BRIGHTON V.C., Kweto Isld, East of Milne Bay, N.G,.

31.7cm high.

Provenance

Dr Leonhard Adam (1891 - 1960) Anthropologist and lawyer.

Acquired in the 1940s.