Drum stick

Museum number:
5-15997
Permalink:
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Alternate number:
B-2137 (previous number (Bascom’s number))
Accession number:
Acc.4677
Description:
drum stick. used on pressure drum. straight contact area wrapped with 3-tone blue [handwritten on card: cloth] that is tied on. 1/2 way down, the stick curves and ends in a round flat-tip. resembles an [handwritten on card: ?] 32.7 cm long.
Donor:
Berta Bascom
Collection place:
Oyo, Oyo State, Nigeria
Verbatim coll. place:
Africa; Nigeria; Yoruba; Oyo
Culture or time period:
Yoruba
Collector:
Berta Bascom and William Russell Bascom
Collection date:
unknown
Materials:
Cotton (textile) and Wood (plant material)
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Drumsticks (percussion beaters)
Function:
5.4 Secular and Religious Musical Instruments
Accession date:
December 15, 1995
Department:
Africa (except Ancient Egypt)
Dimensions:
length 32.7 centimeters
Comment:
PAHMA Storage Loc: W 5-Bascom-6
Images:
Hearst Museum object 1 of 2 titled Drum stick, accession number 5-15997, described as drum stick. used on pressure drum. straight contact area wrapped with 3-tone blue [handwritten on card: cloth] that is tied on. 1/2 way down, the stick curves and ends in a round flat-tip. resembles an [handwritten on card: ?] 32.7 cm long.Hearst Museum object 2 of 2 titled Drum stick, accession number 5-15997, described as drum stick. used on pressure drum. straight contact area wrapped with 3-tone blue [handwritten on card: cloth] that is tied on. 1/2 way down, the stick curves and ends in a round flat-tip. resembles an [handwritten on card: ?] 32.7 cm long.
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Drum stick, accession number 5-15997, described as drum stick. used on pressure drum. straight contact area wrapped with 3-tone blue [handwritten on card: cloth] that is tied on. 1/2 way down, the stick curves and ends in a round flat-tip. resembles an [handwritten on card: ?] 32.7 cm long.

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