â–¡ A NEW HEBRIDES (NOW VANUATU) SLIT DRUM, 20TH CENTURY OR EARLIER

carved from a hollowed tree trunk, in the form of a stylised figure, with crescent-shaped head, with large circular eyes and serrated hair and beard, the cylindrical body with slit running down the belly 143cm long

For a similar example from Fanu Nasara in the British Museum, see inv. no. Oc1976,11.80