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Large Nagarit, single head kettle drum
Large Nagarit, single head kettle drum
Object Number 2011.36.9
Display Title Large Nagarit, single head kettle drum
Descriptions
Inventory Description Musical instrument, nagarit, drum, head and base covered with hide, laced together over wood body
Classification
  • Musical
Department Ethnographic
Date before 1970
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Africa / Ethiopia
Materials Wood ox hide
Dimensions Overall: 18 x 54 x 55 cm (7 1/16 x 21 1/4 x 21 5/8 in.)
Quantity 1
Label on object 2011.36.9
Credit Line Gift of Kay Kaufman Shelemay and Jack S. Shelemay
Provenance
Collector Kay Kaufman Shelemay (-2011)
Donor Donated by Kay Kaufman Shelemay (-2011)

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