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A bronze frog drum, with a central star & elephants walking…
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Sydney
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9-Apr-2017
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A bronze frog drum, with a central star & elephants walking from the base, Laos, 19th/20th century, used in the ritual life of the Karen, a distinct minority from the mountains, a pair of frogs are placed on four equidistant points on the perimeter of the tympanum, a vertical seam, engraved auspicious motifs in each of the concentric circles, characteristic of drums for resonance & the tympanum quality, height 51, diameter 64 cm
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Oriental: Zother