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Object Number
37-126-50/3269
Display Title
Long slender wooden drum, one end skin covered - ngena um
Descriptions
Indigenous Term
ngena um
Inventory Description
Drum, skin head w/ fur, vegetable fiber tassel, blackened wood cylindrical body
Classification
- Percussion
Department
Ethnographic
Culture
- Basa
- Basa
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Africa
/
Cameroon
Additional Geographic Terms
West Africa: Cameroon, southern
Materials
Wood, Skin, Fur, Vegetable fiber
Dimensions
Overall: 53.8 x 17.3 x 15.5 cm (21 3/16 x 6 13/16 x 6 1/8 in.)
Quantity
1
Label on object
37-126-50/3269
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