Slit drum, Africa, Upper Zaire, Opala Zone, Galukudi village, Gakoko Collectivity. December, 1988. 5-10997, acc no. 4386, orig. no. 24 file code 5.4. Collector: Dan Stuhlmueller. Williams. Donor: Dan Stuhlmueller. Materials, techniques: Handcarved wood, pigments, fiber. Context of use: Musical instrument. Description: Slit drum, wood, handcarved; keystone shaped (longer at top than bottom), thicker at bottom than top; one end painted red & white; two painted parallel grooves at edge of both sides; one side damaged and indigenously repaired; rope carrying handle near top at unpainted end; H ca 67.5 cm X L (at top) 139.5 cm X W (at bottom) 33.5 cm.
Donor:
Dan Stuhlmueller
Collection place:
Galukudi, Democratic Republic of the Congo
Verbatim coll. place:
Africa, Upper Zaire, Opala Zone, Galukudi village, Gakoko
Culture or time period:
Gakoko
Collector:
Dan Stuhlmueller
Collection date:
December, 1988
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Carvings (visual works) and Slit drums (percussion tubes)