Drum

Museum number:
5-7833
Permalink:
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Accession number:
Acc.2488
Description:
Drum; wood; hourglass shape; rawhide heads lashed on with cotton string; height 24 cm; diameter: 12.5 cm.
Donor:
Fode Dounbouya
Collection place:
Mali
Verbatim coll. place:
Africa; Mali; Bambara
Culture or time period:
Bambara
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Drums (membranophones)
Function:
5.4 Secular and Religious Musical Instruments
Accession date:
1969
Department:
Africa (except Ancient Egypt)
Comment:
Materials and techniques: wood, rawhide, and cotton string
Loans:
S1970-1971 #95: City of Oakland (March 5, 1971–March 5, 1971)
Images:
Hearst Museum object titled Drum, accession number 5-7833, described as Drum; wood; hourglass shape; rawhide heads lashed on with cotton string; height 24 cm; diameter: 12.5 cm.
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Drum, accession number 5-7833, described as Drum; wood; hourglass shape; rawhide heads lashed on with cotton string; height 24 cm; diameter: 12.5 cm.

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