EAST INDONESIA, possibly 18th or 19th century

Works from the Donald Friend Collection
Sydney
27 October 2013
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MOKO, KETTLE DRUM

EAST INDONESIA, possibly 18th or 19th century

bronze, hourglass shape with four handles, decorated with motifs of kala face and protruding tongue in lozenge shape

55.0 cm height

Estimate: 
$2,000 - 4,000
Sold for $2,880 (inc. BP) in Auction 31 - 27 October 2013, Sydney
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Hourglass-shaped kettledrum, pre-1943, 44.0 cm height, accession number 5977-9, collection of the Tropenmuseum, Amsterdam, decorated with similar motifs