Wooden tam tam or split gong sculpted out of tree trunk representative of the local mage society and proportional in number to their status. Ola

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Wooden tam tam or split gong sculpted out of tree trunk representative of the local mage society and proportional in number to their status. Olal village-Ambrym island-Malampa

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Photo credit: © RWEISSWALD / Alamy / Afripics
License: Royalty Free
Model Released: No

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