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Object Number
22-2-50/B3017
Display Title
Cult drum. "Ngena um" used in um cult ceremonies
Descriptions
Inventory Description
Drum, hollow log stripped of bark, skin/fur head is pegged, veg fiber attached c
Classification
- Percussion
Department
Ethnographic
Culture
- Basa?
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Africa
/
Cameroon
Additional Geographic Terms
Cameroon, southern
Materials
Wood, Animal fur, Hide, Vegetable fiber
Dimensions
Overall: 85.7 x 24 x 24.2 cm (33 3/4 x 9 7/16 x 9 1/2 in.)
Quantity
1
Label on object
B/3017
Provenance
Collector
George Schwab
(1922 - 1922)
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