Chief Tofor
Slit Drum (Atingting kon)

ArtistVanuatuan, c. 1918–1999
CultureVanuatu Island people
Titles
  • Slit Drum (Atingting kon)
Date1960–1970
PlaceFanla Village, Vanuatu
MediumWood, paint
Dimensions144 x 22 x 22in. (365.8 x 55.9 x 55.9cm)
Credit LineMuseum purchase funded by the Alice Pratt Brown Museum Fund
Object number91.48.A
Current Location
The Caroline Wiess Law Building
200 Brown Gallery
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ProvenanceChief Tofor (1918–1999), Fanla Village, Vanuatu, before 1991; [Donald and Caroline Yacoe, Pacific Pathways, Honolulu, and N. Lee Lacy & Associates Ltd., Los Angeles, 1990]; purchased by MFAH, 1991.

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