Drum and drumstick

Museum number:
5-10281a,b
Permalink:
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Alternate number:
B-39a,b
Accession number:
Acc.2819
Description:
(a) drum, "pressure"; hour glass shape; wood body; hide top and base; leather reinforcement around top and abse; cloth strap (b) drumstick; wood; curved with knob at one end
Donor:
Berta Bascom and William Russell Bascom
Collection place:
Ghana
Verbatim coll. place:
Africa, Ghana
Collector:
William Russell Bascom
Collection date:
1944
Materials:
Leather and Wood (plant material)
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Drums (membranophones) and Drumsticks (percussion beaters)
Function:
5.4 Secular and Religious Musical Instruments
Accession date:
1971
Department:
Africa (except Ancient Egypt)
Dimensions:
(a)— 42 centimeters
Comment:
Exhibited: North Brae Community Church; Berkeley, California, 1964.
Loans:
S1963-1964 #111: North Brae Community Church/Foster V. Follett (May 7, 1964–May 11, 1964)
Images:
Hearst Museum object titled Drum and drumstick, accession number 5-10281a,b, described as (a) drum, "pressure"; hour glass shape; wood body; hide top and base; leather reinforcement around top and abse; cloth strap (b) drumstick; wood; curved with knob at one end
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Drum and drumstick, accession number 5-10281a,b, described as (a) drum, "pressure"; hour glass shape; wood body; hide top and base; leather reinforcement around top and abse; cloth strap (b) drumstick; wood; curved with knob at one end

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