Dance drum

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Object Number 22-2-50/B3610

Display Title Dance drum

Descriptions

Inventory Description Drum, wood cylinder body, 3 legs, skin head bound with fiber, wood pegs on side

Classification

Percussion

Department Ethnographic

Culture

Bene

Geography/Provenience/Site Name

Africa / Cameroon

Additional Geographic Terms Cameroon, southern

Materials Wood, Vegetable fiber, Animal skin

Dimensions Overall: 40.5 x 24.9 x 24.3 cm (15 15/16 x 9 13/16 x 9 9/16 in.)

Quantity 1

Label on object B-3610

Provenance

Collector George Schwab (1922 - 1922)

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