Drum

Museum number:
5-10472
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Accession number:
Acc.4072
Description:
Drum; conical with brown and white striped animal hide covering the top and bottom of wood frame. Continuous strips of twisted animal hide connect the top hide with the bottom hide keeping membrane taut. Dia. 37 cm. Diam. 16 cm. H. 42 cm.
Donor:
Fred W. Goff
Collection place:
Kenya
Verbatim coll. place:
Kenya; unspec.
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Drums (membranophones)
Function:
5.4 Secular and Religious Musical Instruments
Accession date:
October 1985
Department:
Africa (except Ancient Egypt)
Images:
Hearst Museum object 1 of 2 titled Drum, accession number 5-10472, described as Drum; conical with brown and white striped animal hide covering the top and bottom of wood frame. Continuous strips of twisted animal hide connect the top hide with the bottom hide keeping membrane taut. Dia. 37 cm. Diam. 16 cm. H. 42 cm.Hearst Museum object 2 of 2 titled Drum, accession number 5-10472, described as Drum; conical with brown and white striped animal hide covering the top and bottom of wood frame. Continuous strips of twisted animal hide connect the top hide with the bottom hide keeping membrane taut. Dia. 37 cm. Diam. 16 cm. H. 42 cm.
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Drum, accession number 5-10472, described as Drum; conical with brown and white striped animal hide covering the top and bottom of wood frame. Continuous strips of twisted animal hide connect the top hide with the bottom hide keeping membrane taut. Dia. 37 cm. Diam. 16 cm. H. 42 cm.

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