Drum

Museum number:
5-1694
Permalink:
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Alternate number:
B37 (original number)
Accession number:
Acc.1302
Description:
Drum; two-faced, wooden body incised design. Four wooden handles around body; diameter: 12 inches; length: 23 inches. This drum follows the traditional shape and design. It is of recent manufacture, has not been oiled long enough to acquire patination. The incised design is relatively shallw—on drums of older manufacture the incisions are deepter.
Donor:
Igor Kopytoff and University Appropriation
Collection place:
Republic of the Congo
Verbatim coll. place:
Africa; Batchok (Chokwe)
Culture or time period:
Chokwe
Collector:
Igor Kopytoff
Materials:
Wood (plant material)
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Drums (membranophones)
Function:
5.4 Secular and Religious Musical Instruments
Accession date:
1960
Department:
Africa (except Ancient Egypt)
Dimensions:
entire drum— diameter 12 inches and entire drum— length 23 inches
Loans:
S1970-1971 #69: Music Department (UC Berkeley)/Ollie Wilson (January 14, 1971–June 11, 1971), S1972-1973 #33: San Jose State University (November 10, 1972–December 13, 1972), S1972-1973 #90: Music Department (UC Berkeley) (April 26, 1973–June 22, 1973), S1979-1980 #16: Music Department (UC Berkeley)/Ollie Wilson (October 15, 1979–December 11, 1979), and S1992-1993 #9: Music Department (UC Berkeley)/Ollie Wilson (September 18, 1992–November 2, 1992)
Images:
Hearst Museum object titled Drum, accession number 5-1694, described as Drum; two-faced, wooden body incised design. Four wooden handles around body; diameter: 12 inches; length: 23 inches. This drum follows the traditional shape and design. It is of recent manufacture, has not been oiled long enough to acquire patination. The incised design is relatively shallw—on drums of older manufacture the incisions are deepter.
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Drum, accession number 5-1694, described as Drum; two-faced, wooden body incised design. Four wooden handles around body; diameter: 12 inches; length: 23 inches. This drum follows the traditional shape and design. It is of recent manufacture, has not been oiled long enough to acquire patination. The incised design is relatively shallw—on drums of older manufacture the incisions are deepter.

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