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Start Over Object name Slit drum Collection place American Samoa
Hearst Museum object titled Slit drum, accession number 11-39502, described as “Slit-drum”; wood; handle one one end; hand-held, used extensively throughout Samoa to announce school hours and to call pigs; typically carried by school children in crook of left arm and beaten with a stick held in right hand; may also be beaten with two sticks at dances
Hearst Museum object titled Slit drum, accession number 11-39501, described as “Slit-drum”; wood; no handle; hand-held, used extensively throughout Samoa to announce school hours and to call pigs; typically carried by school children in crook of left arm and beaten with a stick held in right hand; may also be beaten with two sticks at dances

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