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Skin-headed drum
Object Number 96-25-70/49441
Display Title Skin-headed drum
Descriptions
Object Description Skin-headed, wooden, hour-glass shaped drum; reptile skin head; chain rattle attached to side of drum; woven rattan hoop around body of drum near open end; ten columns of notches carved along vertical axis.
Inventory Description Drum, carved wood, tubular, reptile skin head, shell, nut and fiber fringe, hand
Classification
  • Percussion
Department Ethnographic
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Oceania / Papua New Guinea
Materials Wood, Reptile skin, Nut, Shell, Vegetable fiber
Dimensions Overall: 70.5 x 14.5 x 12.5 cm (27 3/4 x 5 11/16 x 4 15/16 in.)
Quantity 3
Label on object 49441
Provenance
Collector Alexander Agassiz

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