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    Posted 8 years ago

    BHock45
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    Not sure about what this is....but I do know it is awesome. Got it from a nice guy who didn't know what it was either. Any guesses? The whole thing is carved, the handle and the entire inside was chiseled out through that small slit. Amazing.

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    1. blunderbuss2 blunderbuss2, 8 years ago
      Maybe sets in a cradle from the end trunnions & used as a percussion musical instrument ? Ah, guess that sounds feeble, but the best I can come up with at the moment. I'm trapped on a mountain above Red Hook & out of beer !!
    2. vetraio50 vetraio50, 8 years ago
      It's a drum. I'm with BLUNDERBUSS !!!
    3. hotairfan hotairfan, 8 years ago
      I tend to agree with bb2 . He should know, living in the islands where percussion instruments make up a good portion of island musical instruments.
    4. BHock45 BHock45, 8 years ago
      really....you think so...crazy!
    5. blunderbuss2 blunderbuss2, 8 years ago
      Homemade instruments are made from bamboo for instance. Of course there would be diff. sized for diff. tones. Same principle as a xylophone or marimba. I would be able to think plainer if I could get some beer up this mountain!!
    6. BHock45 BHock45, 8 years ago
      blunder, are you really stuck on a mountain.....and why?
    7. TallCakes TallCakes, 8 years ago
      aka: primitive slit drum
      http://new.artsmia.org/teaching-the-arts/music-and-art/musical-messages/
      http://pe.beprimitive.com/collections/artifacts/musical-instruments/products/A0301-022-slit-drum-based?page=1&total_pages=1&viewall=yes
      https://www.google.com/search?q=primitive+slit+drum&biw=1067&bih=522&source=lnms&tbm=isch&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwimt8fWpaLKAhUIwiYKHftEBZ8Q_AUICCgC#imgrc=_
    8. BHock45 BHock45, 8 years ago
      tallcakes...well done! to all, thank you a true team effort....with me not being part of the team of course.
    9. BHock45 BHock45, 8 years ago
      so could this one be a tourist item...or an actual New Guinea drum?
    10. BHock45 BHock45, 8 years ago
      this one is so plain, the other are rich in decoration.
    11. TallCakes TallCakes, 8 years ago
      I'm guessing that without provenance it may be hard to attribute; generally looks similar to this one:
      http://www.folkways.si.edu/various-songs-and-dances-from-the-lunda-speaking-people-of-the-democratic-republic-of-congo-and-zambia/world/music/album/smithsonian
    12. blunderbuss2 blunderbuss2, 8 years ago
      WOW! Y'all believed my BS & it actually turned out right !! LMAO !! Basically, I guessed on memory & observations & short on the memory part. Yes, BHock, I'm stuck on a hill top in St. Thomas with no transportation & yes, there is a woman involved. Sometimes my imagination is on low ebb & I have to rely on a female to create these situations. LOL!! (GOT BEER TODAY!!!)
    13. BHock45 BHock45, 8 years ago
      blunder, you are a comic genius, it is true. Now....you are stuck on top of a mountain with a woman, CW, and a case of beer.....sounds like heaven.
    14. blunderbuss2 blunderbuss2, 8 years ago
      You missed a point BHock. We traded houses & she is in my house & not here. Her boyfriend is due here Wed.. Any good opening lines I can use are welcome !! LOL!!

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