Drum (kopl); small columnar standing drum with finely engraved wide geometric band at top; leather head has two damaged areas and is attached with wood nails, some missing;
Donor:
Berta Bascom
Collection place:
Democratic Republic of the Congo
Verbatim coll. place:
Central Africa, Congo (Kinshasa), Ba-Kuba (Kuba or Bushongo); Purchased from Mario Periotti
Culture or time period:
Ba Kuba
Collector:
William Russell Bascom
Collection date:
1968
Materials:
Leather and Wood (plant material)
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Drums (membranophones)
Function:
5.4 Secular and Religious Musical Instruments and 5.5 Stimulants, Narcotics, and Accessories
Department:
Africa (except Ancient Egypt)
Dimensions:
height 27.3 centimeters
Comment:
B/W photo stored with Bascom Collection Index Card File. Notation on verso of photograph: “Tamburo; patina nora”; PAHMA Storage Loc: 20A, V-18-11
Loans:
S1968-1969 #39: Contra Costa College (November 18, 1968–December 27, 1968) and S1968-1969 #87: College of Marin (April 3, 1969–May 2, 1969)