Lele (Bashilele) Drum. Purchases 1964, from Agnes M. Vanderleenen, 19 Rue de Joncker, Bruxelles. $110 + $75.61 shipping.
Donor:
Berta Bascom and William Russell Bascom
Collection place:
Democratic Republic of the Congo
Verbatim coll. place:
Africa, Republic of the Congo; Central Bantu; Kasai cluster; Lele (Bashi-lele).
Culture or time period:
Lele
Collector:
Berta Bascom and William Russell Bascom
Collection date:
1964
Materials:
Hide (collagenous material) and Wood (plant material)
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Drums (membranophones)
Function:
5.4 Secular and Religious Musical Instruments
Accession date:
December 23, 1970
Department:
Africa (except Ancient Egypt)
Dimensions:
height 2.5 centimeters and depth 22.8 centimeters
Comment:
$185.61 - compare: Anon. “Art in the Congo”, Brussels Universal Exhibition 1958:45 (prepared under direction of Olbrechts and Maesen), AND , Anon. “Les Arts au Congo Belge et ar Ruanda-Urundi” Exposition Vaticane 1950: pl. 34.
Loans:
S1974-1975 #4: University Art Museum (UC Berkeley) (July 19, 1974–February 7, 1975) and S1974-1975 #67: Civic Arts Center (Walnut Creek) (February 5, 1975–May 7, 1975)