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Wooden slit drum.
Object Number 11-2-70/83948
Display Title Wooden slit drum.
Descriptions
Indigenous Term lali
Object Description Wooden slit drum. Model of large drum and sticks; Wooden, boat shaped slit-drum with retangular hollow area; Two tapered wooden sticks; Flat section at center, bottom of slit drum on which body of drum rests; miniature version of larger lali.
Inventory Description Drum, squared pedestal base, hollow oval body, scooped ends, 2 tapered sticks
Classification
  • Percussion
Department Ethnographic
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Oceania / Fiji
Materials Wood
Dimensions Overall: 26.2 x 10 x 13.5 cm (10 5/16 x 3 15/16 x 5 5/16 in.)
Quantity 3
Label on object 83948/ Fiji Islands/ Model of "Lali"/ wooden drum
Provenance
Collector Dr. William McMichael Woodworth
Donor Donated by Dr. William McMichael Woodworth

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