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Object Number
38-60-30/1788
Display Title
Small drum with skin head (one head broken) - made of hollowed out tree trunk
Descriptions
Inventory Description
Drum, wood body with hide tympani (bottom one broken), fiber cord trim
Classification
- Percussion
Department
Ethnographic
Culture
- Payamino
- Quichua
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
South America
/
Ecuador
Additional Geographic Terms
Rio Payamino, vicinity of mouth of; Rio Napo, tributary of
Materials
Hide, Wood, Vegetable fiber
Dimensions
Overall: 19.5 x 21.5 x 21 cm (7 11/16 x 8 7/16 x 8 1/4 in.)
Quantity
1
Label on object
38-60-30/1788
Provenance
Collector
Mr. C. H. Spencer
(1937-1938 - 1938-1939)
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