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Object Number 47-73-70/2866
Display Title Carved wooden hand drum
Descriptions
Inventory Description Drum, carved wood, incised linear designs, skin covered top, constricted center, zoomorphic handle at side, fiber cordage and tassels tied through perforations at sides, red and black pigments
Classification
  • Percussion
Department Ethnographic
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Oceania / Papua New Guinea
Additional Geographic Terms Derbaub; Sepik River, on coast near mouth of
Dimensions Overall: 57 × 16.5 × 15.5 cm (22 7/16 × 6 1/2 × 6 1/8 in.)
Quantity 1
Label on object 47-73-70/2866; L-127

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