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Carved wooden drum - female
Carved wooden drum - female
Object Number 41-53-50/5432
Display Title Carved wooden drum - female
Descriptions
Inventory Description Carved wooden drum, hide top, fiber netting, incised and geo design.
Classification
  • Percussion
  • Raw Material
Department Ethnographic
Culture
  • Bassa
  • Bassa
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Africa / Liberia
Additional Geographic Terms Monrovia, E of: Firestone's Plantation, near; Du and Farmington, area btwn
Materials Wood, Hide
Dimensions Overall: 18.2 x 17 x 48.2 cm (7 3/16 x 6 11/16 x 19 in.)
Quantity 1
Label on object 41-53-50/5432

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