Drum

Museum number:
5-2668
Permalink:
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Accession number:
Acc.1685
Description:
Double-headed drum; all over incised designs; large carved human face; skin heads attached to body by peges; leather carrying straps; 19 inches long; approx 9.5 inches diameter.
Donor:
Bonnie B. Keller and University Appropriation
Collection place:
African Craft Village, Livingstone Museum, Zambia
Verbatim coll. place:
No. Rhodesia; Livingstone Curis area; Balovale tribes (Luvale especially)
Culture or time period:
Balovale
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Carvings (visual works) and Drums (membranophones)
Function:
5.4 Secular and Religious Musical Instruments
Accession date:
1962
Department:
Africa (except Ancient Egypt)
Loans:
S1971-1972 #93: Music Department (UC Berkeley) (February 25, 1972–February 25, 1972)
Images:
Hearst Museum object titled Drum, accession number 5-2668, described as Double-headed drum; all over incised designs; large carved human face; skin heads attached to body by peges; leather carrying straps; 19 inches long; approx 9.5 inches diameter.
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Drum, accession number 5-2668, described as Double-headed drum; all over incised designs; large carved human face; skin heads attached to body by peges; leather carrying straps; 19 inches long; approx 9.5 inches diameter.

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