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Object Number
55-26-60/10528
Display Title
Snake charmer's basket-like drum - for carrying snakes
Descriptions
Inventory Description
Drum, round, basketry of split reed, wrapped plant fiber, stretched hide top
Classification
- Percussion
Department
Ethnographic
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Asia
/
Pakistan
/
Sindh
/
<County>
/
<City>
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Thatta
Materials
Leather, Plant fiber, Reed
Dimensions
Overall: 10.5 x 24 x 25 cm (4 1/8 x 9 7/16 x 9 13/16 in.)
Quantity
1
Label on object
55-26-60/10528
Provenance
Expedition
Peabody Museum Expedition
(1955)
Collector
Dr. Henry Field
(1955)
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