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Object Number 00-8-70/55581
Display Title Shark skin-headed drum
Descriptions
Object Description Skin-headed drum. Micronesian skin-headed drum with membrane on one end; head of shark skin; belly or bladder (absent )hour-glass shape with widest part on open end.
Inventory Description Drum, carved wood, hollow, constricted middle, both ends lipped and open
Classification
  • Percussion
Department Ethnographic
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Oceania / Marshall Islands / Ratak Chain / Arno Island / Ine Village
Additional Geographic Terms Arkno Atoll
Dimensions Overall: 60.6 x 20.5 x 20.4 cm (23 7/8 x 8 1/16 x 8 1/16 in.)
Quantity 1
Label on object 55581; Marshal Is.
Provenance
Collector Dr. William McMichael Woodworth
Collector Alexander Agassiz

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