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Single-headed drum, wooden with lizard top
Single-headed drum, wooden with lizard top
Object Number 34-91-50/708
Display Title Single-headed drum, wooden with lizard top
Descriptions
Inventory Description Drum, carved wood, lizard skin cover, wooden pegs, cloth strap, incised
Classification
  • Percussion
  • Raw Material
Department Ethnographic
Culture
  • Hamite
  • Tereki
  • Maragoli
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Africa / Kenya / Western Province / Kakamega / Kaimosi
Materials Wood, Lizard skin, Cloth, Leather, Pigment
Dimensions Overall: 48.5 x 13.5 x 13.5 cm (19 1/8 x 5 5/16 x 5 5/16 in.)
Quantity 1
Label on object 34-91-50/708

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