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Object Number
91-6-70/50550
Display Title
Skin-headed drum.
Descriptions
Object Description
Skin-headed, wooden, hour glass drum; reptile skin head drum; ridge along vertical axis of drum opposite handle for attachment of chain rattle; serrated edge at open end of drum; carved handle.
Inventory Description
Drum, carved wood, flaring ends, reptile skin head, incised and notched, cracks
Classification
- Percussion
Department
Ethnographic
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Oceania
/
Papua New Guinea
Additional Geographic Terms
Papuan Gulf
Materials
Wood, Reptile skin
Dimensions
Overall: 66.2 x 17 x 15.5 cm (26 1/16 x 6 11/16 x 6 1/8 in.)
Quantity
1
Label on object
50550/ POISON
Provenance
Collector
A. P. Goodwin
Seller
A. P. Goodwin
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