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Object Number
22-2-50/B3479.1
Display Title
Musical instruments, the diaphragm. "nkenge um" or "tou um," "mbap laa"
Descriptions
Object Description
Musical instruments, the diaphragm. "nkenge um" or "tou um," "mbap laa"
Inventory Description
Unclassified instrument, reed, tubular, square perforation, white material cover
Classification
- Unclassified
Department
Ethnographic
Culture
- Basa?
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Africa
/
Cameroon
Additional Geographic Terms
Cameroon, southern
Materials
Reed?, Paper?
Dimensions
Overall: 7 x 1.5 x 1.4 cm (2 3/4 x 9/16 x 9/16 in.)
Quantity
1
Label on object
22-2-50/B3479.1
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| PrimaryMedia | Object Number | Title | Classification | Geography/Provenience | SHARE |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 22-2-50/B3479.2 | Musical instruments, the diaphragm. "nkenge um" or "tou um," "mbap laa" |
Unclassified
|
Cameroon
| |
| 94-14-70/51554 | Top-like musical (?) instruments |
Unclassified
|
Java
| |
| 94-14-70/51548.1 | Musical instruments |
Unclassified
|
Java
| |
| 22-2-50/B3473 | Basket work rattle used in "um" cult ceremonies and dances "nko li um" |
Percussion
|
Cameroon
| |
| 35-31-50/1175 | Stick of the "um" cult (women's) (Nton um) |
Medicine bundle
|
Cameroon
| |
| 22-2-50/B3017 | Cult drum. "Ngena um" used in um cult ceremonies |
Percussion
|
Cameroon
| |
|
| 94-14-70/51554.1 | Top-like musical instrument |
Unclassified
|
Java
| |
| 21-28-50/B2878.2 | Musical instruments |
Percussion
Raw Material |
Cameroon
| |
| 58-43-50/10273 | Stones (nlumi-n!um !ao) for pounding n/z powder |
Hammer
|
Botswana
Namibia | |
| 22-2-50/B3474 | Basket work rattles "hikat li um" |
Raw Material
Percussion |
Cameroon
| |
| 39-32-50/3420 | Double basket rattle used in um cult |
Percussion
|
Cameroon
| |
| 37-126-50/3269 | Long slender wooden drum, one end skin covered - ngena um |
Percussion
|
Cameroon
|