Made by hollowing out tree trunk. The untanned stretched hide is pitched with bee’s wax.
Donor:
University of California African Expedition
Collection place:
Okavango area, Namibia
Verbatim coll. place:
S.W. Africa; Okavango area; attrib. to Kwangari, subtribe of the Ovambo
Culture or time period:
Kwangari
Collector:
Edwin M. Loeb, Ella-Marie Loeb, and University of California African Expedition
Collection date:
Spring 1948
Materials:
Wood (plant material)
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Drums (membranophones)
Function:
5.4 Secular and Religious Musical Instruments
Accession date:
1949
Department:
Africa (except Ancient Egypt)
Loans:
S1952-1953 #2: California Palace of the Legion of Honor (dates unknown) and S1972-1973 #33: San Jose State University (November 10, 1972–December 13, 1972)