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Skull drum
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Object Number 13-24-60/84701
Display Title Skull drum
Descriptions
Inventory Description Drum, damaru, two human crabi halves, skin covered, cowrie shell beaters
Classification
  • Percussion
  • Shaft, modified
Department Ethnographic
Culture
  • Kashmir
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Asia / India / Kashmir
Materials Bone, Animal skin, Cowrie, Cotton, Silk, Ink, Dye
Dimensions Overall: 11.1 x 16.3 x 13.4 cm (4 3/8 x 6 7/16 x 5 1/4 in.)
Quantity 1
Label on object 84701
Credit Line Peabody Museum Expedition, 1912-1913

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