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Object Number 20-29-50/B2217
Display Title Drums
Descriptions
Inventory Description Drum, carved wood, cylindrical, cut-out pedestal, hide top, painted white, fiber
Classification
  • Percussion
Department Ethnographic
Culture
  • Bene
  • Fang
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Africa / Cameroon
Additional Geographic Terms West Africa
Dimensions Overall: 45 x 70 x 50 cm (17 11/16 x 27 9/16 x 19 11/16 in.)
Quantity 1
Label on object B-2217

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