Drum ("tambor") and 2 drumsticks; drum is hollowed section of log; drum heads are skin of the red howler monkey stretched over ends, bound and tensed with cord lacing; a) drum: 34.5 cm length, 26.5 cm width b) stick: 24.3 cm length; 1.6 cm width c) stick: 23.5 cm length; 1.4 cm width.
Donor:
Allen W. Johnson, Orna R. Johnson, and University Appropriation
Collection place:
Shimaa village, Rio Kompiroshiato, Montaña, Peru
Verbatim coll. place:
Peru
Culture or time period:
Machiguenga
Maker or artist:
Oscar Vasayo
Collector:
Allen W. Johnson and Orna R. Johnson
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Drums (membranophones) and Drumsticks (percussion beaters)
Function:
5.4 Secular and Religious Musical Instruments
Accession date:
1973
Context of use:
Used for singing and dancing.
Department:
South America (except Ancient Peru)
Comment:
Log section, howler monkey skin make drum; sticks are kuri wood.