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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
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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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
Raw Material |
Papua New Guinea
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| 96-25-70/49440 | Skin-headed drum |
Percussion
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Percussion
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Papua New Guinea
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Percussion
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Percussion
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| |
| 30-66-50/H1295.3 | Drum, tapered wood body with hide head and binding, strip of reptile skin, strap |
Percussion
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Musical
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Percussion
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Percussion
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Percussion
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