Lot: 30

93e vente aux enchères Tribal Art

Petit tambour grenouille "pha si"

Myanmar / Laos, Karen

Provenance Taille Prix d’appel / Prix d'Estimation
Manfred Sackmann, Berlin, Germany
Van Ham, Cologne, 12 June 2019, lot 2548
German Collection
D: 20 cm;
H: 14,5 cm
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bronze,
When there is a drought, the Karens take the drums into the fields where they are played to make the frogs croak because the Karens believe that if the frogs croak, it is sign that rain will surely fall. Therefore, the drums are also known as "rain drums"