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Object Number
91-6-70/50551
Display Title
Skin-headed drum
Descriptions
Object Description
Skin-headed, wooden, hour-glass shaped drum; reptile skin head; chain rattle attached to drum along vertical axis from head to open end; rattan cord attached to handle; serrated edge at open end.
Inventory Description
Drum, tubular, handle at constricted center, reptile skin head, nut fringe
Classification
- Percussion
Department
Ethnographic
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Oceania
/
Papua New Guinea
Additional Geographic Terms
Papuan Gulf, Port Moresby Region
Dimensions
Overall: 68.2 x 22 x 16 cm (26 7/8 x 8 11/16 x 6 5/16 in.)
Quantity
1
Label on object
91-6-70/50551
Provenance
Collector
A. P. Goodwin
Seller
A. P. Goodwin
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