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Object Number 16-44-50/B949
Display Title Drum
Descriptions
Inventory Description Drum, cylindrical wood body, skin heads, wood and leather binding, ring and stra
Classification
  • Percussion
Department Ethnographic
Culture
  • Sakalava
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Africa / Madagascar
Additional Geographic Terms Tullear
Dimensions Overall: 40.1 x 42 x 36.5 cm (15 13/16 x 16 9/16 x 14 3/8 in.)
Quantity 1
Label on object B/949

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