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Object Number
96-25-70/49439
Display Title
Skin-headed drum
Descriptions
Object Description
Skin-headed wooden drum; reptile skin head attached to one end of the tubular body; handle at center of drum body; ridge of carved bird figures extending from handle along length of drum body; two small ridges near open end of drum with three holes in each.
Inventory Description
Drum, cylindrical and slightly curved, reptile skin head, carved handle one side
Classification
- Raw Material
- Percussion
Department
Ethnographic
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Oceania
/
Papua New Guinea
Additional Geographic Terms
Trobriand Islands
Materials
Wood, Reptile skin
Dimensions
Overall: 28.2 x 7.4 x 5.8 cm (11 1/8 x 2 15/16 x 2 5/16 in.)
Quantity
1
Label on object
49439; 99-45
Provenance
Collector
Alexander Agassiz
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