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Object Number
30-2-50/B4951
Display Title
Long drum (Ru ngue)
Descriptions
Object Description
Long drum. "Ru ngue"
Inventory Description
Drum, long wooden drum in form of human figure
Classification
- Percussion
Department
Ethnographic
Date
1930 or before
Culture
- Bamum
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Africa
/
Cameroon
Additional Geographic Terms
Cameroon, central
Materials
Wood, Pigment
Dimensions
Overall: 207 x 35 x 35 cm (81 1/2 x 13 3/4 x 13 3/4 in.)
Quantity
1
Credit Line
Peabody Museum Purchase
Provenance
Collector
George Schwab
(1930 - 1930)
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