Drum

Museum number:
5-7670
Permalink:
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Alternate number:
Law #8 (original number)
Accession number:
Acc.2445
Description:
drum; flat, with pottery ring body, reed stems along edge fasten top to body. Th. 4 cm D. 29 cm.
Donor:
LeRoy M. Law
Collection place:
Nigeria
Verbatim coll. place:
Africa; Southwest Nigeria; Yoruba
Culture or time period:
Yoruba
Collector:
LeRoy M. Law
Collection date:
ca. 1967
Materials:
Ceramic (material) and Hide (collagenous material)
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Drums (membranophones)
Function:
5.4 Secular and Religious Musical Instruments
Accession date:
1968
Department:
Africa (except Ancient Egypt)
Dimensions:
diameter 29 centimeters
Loans:
S1979-1980 #57: International House (UC Berkeley) (April 11, 1980–April 14, 1980)
Images:
Hearst Museum object titled Drum, accession number 5-7670, described as drum; flat, with pottery ring body, reed stems along edge fasten top to body. Th. 4 cm D. 29 cm.
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Drum, accession number 5-7670, described as drum; flat, with pottery ring body, reed stems along edge fasten top to body. Th. 4 cm D. 29 cm.

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