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Skin-headed drum
Object Number 96-25-70/49440
Display Title Skin-headed drum
Descriptions
Object Description Drum with reptile skin head bound with bamboo, shark-shaped with open jaws on open end, handle positioned in center, carved patterns with pigment.
Inventory Description Drum, open serrated end, lizard skin head, white pigmented zigzag, handle
Classification
  • Percussion
Department Ethnographic
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Oceania / Papua New Guinea / <State> / Elema
Materials Wood, Lizard skin, Vegetable fiber, Metal, Pigment, Reptile skin, Bamboo
Dimensions Overall: 84.6 x 16 x 14.5 cm (33 5/16 x 6 5/16 x 5 11/16 in.)
Quantity 1
Label on object 49440
Provenance
Collector Alexander Agassiz

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