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THBEarly 20th C. Marquesas Islands Ceremonial Wood Drum
Lot 167b
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Artemis Gallery
686 S Taylor Ave, Ste 106
Louisville, CO 80027
United States
Selling antiquities, ancient and ethnographic art online since 1993, Artemis Gallery specializes in Classical Antiquities (Egyptian, Greek, Roman, Near Eastern), Asian, Pre-Columbian, African / Tribal / Oceanographic art. Our extensive inventory includes pottery, stone, metal, wood, glass and textil...Read more
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Day 2 of an important 2-day auction featuring exceptional ethnographic art from around the world. Today's sale will feature Pre-Columbian from the ancient americas, Native American, African / Tribal, Oceanic, Spanish Colonial, and incredible Fossils. Artemis Gallery info@artemisgallery.com
Day 2 of an important 2-day auction featuring exceptional ethnographic art from around the world. Today's sale will feature Pre-Columbian from the ancient americas, Native American, African / Tribal, Oceanic, Spanish Colonial, and incredible Fossils. Artemis Gallery info@artemisgallery.com
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Oceania, Marquesas Islands (French Polynesia), ca. early 20th century CE. One of my favorites! A large, elegant wooden slit drum made for use in ceremonies. The body is a rich, red-brown hardwood, and the drum has been carved mainly from a single log, hollowed out through its center and with solid, round slices of trunk attached to either end. A long, thin, rectangular slit is open on the top side, which is denoted by a slight planing of the log surface to create a narrow flat space that encompasses the slit and gives it a border. Slits are also excised from the trunk slices at either end along the same line. Incised around the two horizontal ends of the drum are a series of repeated wave-like motifs. The slit drum, known elsewhere in Polynesia as a "pate", is called a "to'ere" amongst the Marquesans. Size: 27" W x 7.3" H (68.6 cm x 18.5 cm); 12.2" H (31 cm) on included custom stand.
Ancient Marquesans were great drummers, creating multiple forms of the instrument and knowing many different sounds they could elicit from them. Dordillon (1808-1888), the French missionary who recorded the Marquesan language, lists thirteen different terms specifically referring to the sound that drums make. They played the to'ere (slit drum) in conjunction with a bass drum and a shorter drum; in the valley of Pua Mau, they also used a snare drum. They used drums to call warriors to the battlefield and to celebrate festivals. Stories of a famous Marquesan drum player named Tame, who lived in the early to mid-20th century, describe him leading a blindfolded dancer through a routine using just his drumming.
Provenance: private Hawaii, USA collection; ex-private Maui, Hawaii, USA collection
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#146137Surface is weathered and worn, with tiny chips and nicks along its length. One end has a larger chip knocked out of its center, but this does not break through to the interior of the drum, which is still playable.Condition
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