Drum

AF3603A

From: Nigeria

Curatorial Section: African

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Object Number AF3603A
Current Location Collections Storage
Culture Yoruba
Provenience Nigeria
Culture Area West Africa
Section African
Materials Wood | Leather | Fabric
Description

Drum. Hourglass type. The two drumheads are held together by twisted thongs. There is a carrying loop of plaited thongs, and a long tubular cloth string in multiple loops attached to the drum. See fig. 223 in Br. Mus. Hdbk. to Ethnogr. Collections.

Length 44 cm
Outside Diameter 16 cm
Credit Line Purchased from W. O. Oldman, 1912
Other Number 25609 - Dealer's Number

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