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Object Number 30-67-50/H1491
Display Title Drums
Descriptions
Inventory Description Drums, carved wood, human and zoomorph figures, pedestal base, skin head pegged
Classification
  • Percussion
Department Ethnographic
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Africa / Liberia
Dimensions Overall: 67.6 x 38.4 x 34 cm (26 5/8 x 15 1/8 x 13 3/8 in.)
Quantity 2
Label on object 30-67-50/H1491/ H-1491
Provenance
Collector Gustav Allersmeier
Intermediary George Schwab

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