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Kooky Gong

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Creative Papua New Guinea mug designed by Baï...based on Slit Drum from Ambrym Island, Vanuatu.

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Kooky Gong

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On the Vanuatu island of Ambrym, there is an instrument known as the “Tamtam”. These tamtams, or slit gongs, serve as drums and are decorated with different faces, all with disk-shaped eyes. The faces represent ancestral figures. This mug was inspired by these instruments.