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Object Number
34-34-50/257
Display Title
Gong of turtle shell with sticks
Descriptions
Object Description
Tortoise shell drum and sticks, belonging to head zo woman.
The object is a turtle carapace drum having two wooden sticks that have simple grooves carved in to them.
Identifying numbers:
Peabody Museum numbers are applied in black on the underside of the shell and at the ends of both sticks. A faint red number '32-24' is marked on one stick.
Inventory Description
Drum, turtle shell, 2 carved wood sticks
Classification
- Percussion
Department
Ethnographic
Culture
- Mano
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Africa
/
Liberia
Materials
Shell, Wood, Turtle shell
Dimensions
Overall: 8 x 13.5 x 19.5 cm (3 1/8 x 5 5/16 x 7 11/16 in.)
Quantity
3
Label on object
Turtle shell; Wood
Provenance
Collector
Dr. George W. Harley
(1933)
Collector
Alfred J. Tulk
(1933 - 1934)
Donor
Alfred J. Tulk
(1933 - 1934)
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