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Object Number 33-32-70/88
Display Title Fish skin for drum head
Descriptions
Inventory Description Drum head, fishskin, rolled, stiffened, perforated along edge
Classification
  • Percussion
Department Ethnographic
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Oceania / Nauru Island
Materials Fishskin
Dimensions Overall: 42 x 7 x 5.5 cm (16 9/16 x 2 3/4 x 2 3/16 in.)
Quantity 1
Label on object VI 25270. b / # Brandeis 06.33-32/70/88
Provenance
Collector Antonie Brandeis

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