Three Note Rub Drum
- Date
- 19th century or earlier
- Material
- Wood, shell, and lime
- Classification
- Musical instruments, sculpture
- Collection
- Arts of Africa, Oceania, and the Americas
- Current Location
- Not on view
- Dimensions
- 16 1/8 x 5 7/8 x 7 1/2 in. (41 x 15 x 19 cm)
- Credit Line
- Gift of Morton D. May
- Rights
- Public Domain
- Object Number
- 132:1978
Provenance
by 1908 -
Wilhelm Wostrack [1]
1908/02/26 -
Linden-Museum, Stuttgart, Germany, given by Wilhelm Wostrack [2]
by 1970 - 1975
Maurice Bonnefoy (1920-1999), New York, NY and Paris, France [3]
1975 - 1978
Morton D. May (1914-1983), St. Louis, MO, purchased from Maurice Bonnefoy [4]
1978 -
Saint Louis Art Museum, given by Morton D. May [5]
Notes:
[1] Collected in New Ireland by Herrn Bezirkschef Wostrack, of Namatanai. The Linden-Museum registration number for this object was 55713 [Information obtained from the Linden-Museum, Stuttgart, Germany, registration record, part of Wostrack's 1908 listen number 844:55682 - 55780, by Michael Gunn in May 1994].
[2] See Note [1].
[3] In the 1970 exhibition catalogue Art Océanien, Maurice Bonnefoy / d'Arcy Galleries is listed as the owner of this object [Musée d'Ethnographie de Neuchâtel. Art Océanien. Neuchâtel, Switzerland: 1970, p. 90].
[4] An invoice dated January 28, 1975 from Maurice Bonnefoy to Morton D. May documents the purchase of this object, listed as "#1744 / Livika: friction drum in the form of an animal laying on its back with its raised feet forming the sound boards; the areas around the eyes and mouth carved with scrolling and dentate design, the eyes inlaid with sea-snail opercula shell; wood, brown patina. Melanesia, New Ireland" [May Archives, Saint Louis Art Museum].
[5] Minutes of the Acquisitions Committee of the Board of Trustees, Saint Louis Art Museum, September 20, 1978.
Wilhelm Wostrack [1]
1908/02/26 -
Linden-Museum, Stuttgart, Germany, given by Wilhelm Wostrack [2]
by 1970 - 1975
Maurice Bonnefoy (1920-1999), New York, NY and Paris, France [3]
1975 - 1978
Morton D. May (1914-1983), St. Louis, MO, purchased from Maurice Bonnefoy [4]
1978 -
Saint Louis Art Museum, given by Morton D. May [5]
Notes:
[1] Collected in New Ireland by Herrn Bezirkschef Wostrack, of Namatanai. The Linden-Museum registration number for this object was 55713 [Information obtained from the Linden-Museum, Stuttgart, Germany, registration record, part of Wostrack's 1908 listen number 844:55682 - 55780, by Michael Gunn in May 1994].
[2] See Note [1].
[3] In the 1970 exhibition catalogue Art Océanien, Maurice Bonnefoy / d'Arcy Galleries is listed as the owner of this object [Musée d'Ethnographie de Neuchâtel. Art Océanien. Neuchâtel, Switzerland: 1970, p. 90].
[4] An invoice dated January 28, 1975 from Maurice Bonnefoy to Morton D. May documents the purchase of this object, listed as "#1744 / Livika: friction drum in the form of an animal laying on its back with its raised feet forming the sound boards; the areas around the eyes and mouth carved with scrolling and dentate design, the eyes inlaid with sea-snail opercula shell; wood, brown patina. Melanesia, New Ireland" [May Archives, Saint Louis Art Museum].
[5] Minutes of the Acquisitions Committee of the Board of Trustees, Saint Louis Art Museum, September 20, 1978.
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