Myanmar / Laos, Karen
Small frog drum "pha si"

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"
D: 20 cm; H: 14,5 cm, D: 7,9 inch; H: 5,7 inch

Provenance:
Manfred Sackmann, Berlin, Germany
Van Ham, Cologne, 12 June 2019, lot 2548
German Collection

Continent: Asia