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Drum
Object Number 34-28-50/226
Display Title Drum
Descriptions
Inventory Description Drum, incised wood base, animal skin head, tied with green and buff fiber
Classification
  • Percussion
Department Ethnographic
Culture
  • Arussi
  • Galla
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Africa / Abyssinia
Additional Geographic Terms Ethiopia
Materials Wood, Animal skin, Vegetable fiber
Dimensions Overall: 23 x 43.3 x 44 cm (9 1/16 x 17 1/16 x 17 5/16 in.)
Quantity 1
Label on object 34-28-50/226/ #34/ Drum/ Arussi 4/

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