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Babalu's San Diego Museum of Art Drum Mug #1

aka. Babalu SDMA PNG Drum Mug

The "Oceanic Arts: A Celebration of Forms" exibit at the San Diego Museum of Art inspired Mr. Henderson to recreate a drum from the SDMA exibit in clay. Plate 71 from the exibition book will show what inspired Mr. Hendrson.

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Rick "Babalu" Henderson only made one of this design. This is the SDMA PNG Drum Mug. 1 of 1.

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Babalu's San Diego Museum of Art Drum Mug

aka Babalu SDMA PNG Drum Mug in 1 collection

This mug was inspired by original native pieces in an SDMA (San Diego Museum of Art) show which closed on February 28, 2010. The show, entitled Oceanic Art: A Celebration of Form, featured 97 three-dimensional works, primarily from Melanesia and Polynesia, and objects from Micronesia and Taiwan. Plate 71 from the exibition book will show what inspired Mr. Henderson. This mug has a very traditional Papua New Guinea drum design featuring a mask with two birds facing away on the top and bottom. Body of drum mug is glazed brown and has a chiseled wood appearance. Top has drum skin with rope ties around lip. A very detailed piece.