Drum

Museum number:
5-4590a,b
Permalink:
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Alternate number:
5-4590 and 961 (original number)
Accession number:
Acc.1375
Description:
Leg drum; wood, cylindrical w/ 4 square holes cut out around lower half; brown hair hide head; (pegged); fiber rope attached to drum; 40 cm height. Collected 1960.
Donor:
Daniel J. Crowley and University Appropriation
Collection place:
Tanzania
Verbatim coll. place:
Africa; Tanzania; near Dar-es-Salaam; Makonde-Mawia (Murdock 38:57) (see remarks)
Culture or time period:
Makonde
Collector:
Daniel J. Crowley
Collection date:
1960
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Drums (membranophones)
Function:
5.4 Secular and Religious Musical Instruments
Accession date:
1960
Department:
Africa (except Ancient Egypt)
Loans:
S1972-1973 #33: San Jose State University (November 10, 1972–December 13, 1972)
Images:
Hearst Museum object titled Drum, accession number 5-4590a,b, described as Leg drum; wood, cylindrical w/ 4 square holes cut out around lower half; brown hair hide head; (pegged); fiber rope attached to drum; 40 cm height. Collected 1960.
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Drum, accession number 5-4590a,b, described as Leg drum; wood, cylindrical w/ 4 square holes cut out around lower half; brown hair hide head; (pegged); fiber rope attached to drum; 40 cm height. Collected 1960.Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Drum, accession number 5-4590a,b, described as Leg drum; wood, cylindrical w/ 4 square holes cut out around lower half; brown hair hide head; (pegged); fiber rope attached to drum; 40 cm height. Collected 1960.

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