Description (Labels & Markings)
Museum label adhered to side of object reads: [Handwritten in black ink by Gerald Montagu Benton:] 'Daniels' Ethnographical Expedition | E.1905.245. "Sede" Lakatoi drum. New Guinea. [Maj]or W. Cooke Daniels, 1905.'

Museum inscription on side of object reads: [Handwritten in black ink:] '05.245'.
Event Date 1905
Author: heather donoghue

Description (Physical description)
Lakatoi drum. Musical instrument played only on lakatoi when on a hiri. Consists of very thick piece of bamboo with two slits halfway down one side leaving a free tongue between them which vibrates.
Event Date 1905
Author: maa

Context (Acquisition Details)
Note on catalogue card: "Coll. Cooke Daniel's Ethnographical Expedition".
Event Date 1905
Author: maa

Context (Related Documents)
Catalogue card 1 reads: [Handwritten in black ink:] '1905-245 PAPUA Lakatoi Drum, SEDE Consists of very thick piece of bamboo with 2 slits half-way down one side leaving a free tongue ['last' crossed out in black ink] between them. C&D [underlined] Daniels R 1906 ['5' crossed out in black ball point and replaced with '6'] - 873'; [later addition handwritten in black ball point:] ' Mouth of BAMU. R. (L. 36.8") which vibrates [referring to tongue] Collected by Cooke-Daniels Ethnographical Expedition 1903'; [later addition handwritten in black ball point:] 'WESTERN DIV.'; [later addition handwritten in pencil:] 'Central District Musical instrument played on lakatoi [underlined] when on a hiri [underlined]'.
Catalogue card 2 reads: [Handwritten in black ball point:] '1905.245 NEW GUINEA (LAKATOI) DRUM 1 SADE [sic]OF 2 SECTIONS OF LARGE BAMBOO COLL. COOKE DANIEL'S ETHNOGRAPHICAL EXPEDITION.' [Red circular sticker top right of card.]
Event Date 3/4/2017
Author: heather donoghue

Context (Other owners)
Object appears as item 2 on Charles Seligman's catalogue of objects donated to the museum on behalf of William Cooke Daniels, see MAA Archive OA2/12/9: '"Sede", Lakatoi drum.' Following the expedition, Seligman catalogued and donated the collections on the understanding they were a gift from Cooke Daniels, the expedition's primary funder.
Event Date 3/4/2017
Author: Heather Donoghue

Context (Field collection)
Collected during the Daniels Ethnographical Expedition to British New Guinea, led by Major William Cooke Daniels and Dr. Charles Seligman, accompanied by Dr. Walter Mersh Strong and Mr A.H. Dunning, 1903-1904.

This sede may have been collected in Hanuabada, where the expedition spent considerable time, along with several other examples (Horniman Museum 6.172; British Museum Oc1906,1013.298; Pitt Rivers 1905.63.5). Sede are made and used by the Motu Koita, who live in and around Port Moresby in an area covered by Central Province and National Capital District, PNG.

Event Date 3/4/2017
Author: Heather Donoghue

Description (Physical description)
Large, hollow bamboo with nodes at centre and either end. One half has two narrow longitudinal sections cut away on one side; remaining area between has letters 'MAR' incised. Rough zigzag incising along one edge of cut-out length; reverse decorated with large incised zoomorphic figure with ovoid body and long tail, small incised turtle, leaves and linear markings. Opposing half divided by horizontal lines with partial diamond shape incising near base. Above this, small panel of five vertical lines with horizontal dashes and small incised symmetrical zoomorphic figure.
Event Date 3/4/2017
Author: heather donoghue

Context (References)
Sede are struck with a beater and accompany specific songs and dances, associated with hiri trading voyages, see Seligman, C. G. (1910) The Melanesians of British New Guinea. Cambridge : The University Press, pp, 98-9; 104; 109; 151.
Event Date 3/4/2017
Author: heather donoghue

Context (Production / use)
This object accessioned with E 1905.246-8; catalogue card entry erroneously references Bamu River, which is the place entry for E 1905.246.
Event Date 3/4/2017
Author: heather donoghue

Description (Physical description)
The zoomorphic figure with splayed feet/claws may be a lizard
Event Date 25/1/2022
Author: rachel hand