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Wooden call drum of old style
Wooden call drum of old style
Object Number 35-31-50/1159
Display Title Wooden call drum of old style
Descriptions
Inventory Description Wood drum, cylindrical with bulge 1 side, flat ends, hollowed, wide slit opening
Classification
  • Percussion
Department Ethnographic
Culture
  • Basa
  • Basa
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Africa / Cameroon
Additional Geographic Terms Cameroon, southern
Materials Wood
Dimensions Overall: 85 x 50 x 49 cm (33 7/16 x 19 11/16 x 19 5/16 in.)
Quantity 1
Label on object 35-31-50/1159

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