"Slit Drum Espiritu Santo Vanuatu Oceania Tribal Art"
Elegant, rare and fine ceremonial slit drum symbolizing an important ancestor. Ironwood (dense and heavy)Carved with a headdress with 4 rows of pyramidal carvings on each side ending in circles representing curved boar teeth and decorated with fern leaves.. As well as in its center a stylized motif indicating the drum strike.
Mid 20th century
Espiritu Santo
Vanuatu
Hight : 247 cm
Diameter : 70 cm
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