An Ambrym Islands, Vanuatu, Atingting Kon slit gong, likely 19th or early 20th century

An Ambrym Islands, Vanuatu, Atingting Kon slit gong, likely 19th or early 20th century,

Carved from one piece of wood, with elongated dished face, large circular disc eyes, hooked nose and hobnail type carved coiffure extending down the side of the face to meet at the chest in a double scroll, the cylindrical body with long deeply carved slit over a circular foot,

59cm high x 12cm wide x 11cm deep

Dimensions: 59cm high x 12cm wide x 11cm deep