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Object Number 21-28-50/B2775
Display Title Small drums
Descriptions
Inventory Description Drum, cylindrical wood body, skin head bound with fiber, wood pegs around edge
Classification
  • Percussion
Department Ethnographic
Culture
  • Basa
  • Basa
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Africa / Cameroon
Additional Geographic Terms West Africa
Dimensions Overall: 32.6 x 34 x 23.4 cm (12 13/16 x 13 3/8 x 9 3/16 in.)
Quantity 1
Label on object 21-28-50/ B/ 2775
Provenance
Collector George Schwab (1921 - 1921)

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