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Standing wooden drum with skin top, 19.5" long
Standing wooden drum with skin top, 19.5" long
Object Number 65-46-50/10789
Display Title Standing wooden drum with skin top, 19.5" long
Descriptions
Inventory Description Drum, carved wood, cylindrical, incised, punctate, hide top, wood stick hanging
Classification
  • Percussion
Department Ethnographic
Culture
  • Ovimbundu
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Africa / Angola
Additional Geographic Terms West Africa: Angloa; Chileso
Materials Wood, Hide
Dimensions Overall: 51 x 20 x 19 cm (20 1/16 x 7 7/8 x 7 1/2 in.)
Quantity 1
Label on object 65-46-50/10789

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