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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
Materials
Wood, Sharkskin
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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| PrimaryMedia | Object Number | Title | Classification | Geography/Provenience | SHARE |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 00-8-70/55582 | Shark skin-headed drum |
Percussion
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Marshall Islands
| |
| 91-6-70/50551 | Skin-headed drum |
Percussion
|
Papua New Guinea
| |
| 91-6-70/50550 | Skin-headed drum. |
Percussion
|
Papua New Guinea
| |
| 96-25-70/49441 | Skin-headed drum |
Percussion
|
Papua New Guinea
| |
| 96-25-70/49439 | Skin-headed drum |
Percussion
Raw Material |
Papua New Guinea
| |
| 96-25-70/49440 | Skin-headed drum |
Percussion
|
Elema
| |
| 11-2-70/83888 | Skin-headed drum |
Percussion
|
Fiji
| |
| 49-30-10/32252 | Skin headed drum |
Percussion
|
Quebec
| |
| 94-14-70/51551 | Bamboo drum |
Percussion
|
Java
| |
| 29-76-50/H1125 | Small double-headed tension drum |
Percussion
|
Liberia
| |
| 35-36-60/2085 | Single-headed lizard drum, pottery barrel, gold leaf decoration |
Percussion
|
Bangkok
Bangkok Thailand | |
| 34-91-50/708 | Single-headed drum, wooden with lizard top |
Percussion
Raw Material |
Kaimosi
|