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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
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Papua New Guinea
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<State>
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Elema
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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Percussion
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Papua New Guinea
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| 91-6-70/50550 | Skin-headed drum. |
Percussion
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| 96-25-70/49439 | Skin-headed drum |
Percussion
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Papua New Guinea
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| 96-25-70/49441 | Skin-headed drum |
Percussion
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Papua New Guinea
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Percussion
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Java
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| 94-14-70/51552 | Bamboo drum |
Percussion
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Java
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| 00-8-70/55581 | Shark skin-headed drum |
Percussion
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Tanzania
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| 00-8-70/55582 | Shark skin-headed drum |
Percussion
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Marshall Islands
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