New Hebrides

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John Fowler

an old black and white photo of men in native american clothing posing for the camera

University of Southern California

Men and boys with slit drums, Malakula, ca.1890 :: “Heathen natives and idols – Malekula [Malakula] - people very savage at this place.” Group portrait of around 20 men and boys, naked except for ‘nambas’ (traditional penis sheaths from the New Hebrides [Vanuatu]). The people of the New Hebrides cut large logs with 'totem' type carvings on the outer surface and hollow out the centre leaving only a slit down the front. These hollowed out logs give the deep resonance of drums when hit on the o...

Rambaramp, Vanuatu Malekula Island, New Hebrides (Vanuatu), Melanesia, circa 1900 Wood, human skull, clay, spider-web, pigments, bark Height : 186 cm Martin Doustar - Ancient & Tribal Art

an old photo of a man standing next to a wooden pole with a face on it

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Portrait of chieftain Sekor and his father in front of a painted grade statue, Ambrym island, Olal, Vanuatu

an old wooden statue with a woman's face painted on it

Slit Gong (Atingting kon)

#MetKids Fun Fact: At fourteen feet (over four meters) tall, this is one of the largest musical instruments in the world. That’s as tall as a double-decker bus! | Tin Mweleun (commissioned by Tain Mal). Slit Gong (Atingting kon), mid to late 1960s. The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York. Rogers Fund, 1975 (1975.93)

an old wooden statue with painted stripes on it's body and hands, standing on a black base

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Rambaramp Effigy Figure Medium: Wood, fiber, mud, pigment, bone, boar’s tusks Place Made: Malakula, Malampa Province, Vanuatu Dates: before 1880 Brooklyn Museum