Arts of Africa, Oceania and the Americas - 21st September 2022
Lot 373
A Biwat garamut
Estimate £100 - £200 | Hammer £20
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Description
A Biwat garamut, slit gong drum
Yuat River, Papua New Guinea
the carved decoration with pigment, with tied fibre including a strap, with a beater carved a spiral snake,
74.5cm long. (2)
Provenance
Mary-Clare Adam, anthropologist, Honorary Consul of Solomon Islands in Israel.
Collected in 1974 - this piece has been carried and played in ceremonies.