Russell S. Springer Memorial Fund, University Appropriation, and William Russell Bascom
Collection place:
Cote d'Ivoire
Verbatim coll. place:
Africa, West Africa, Ivory Coast; Baule, Yaure subtribe (Murdock 32:20)
Culture or time period:
Baule
Collector:
William Russell Bascom
Collection date:
Summer 1965
Materials:
Wood (plant material)
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Carvings (visual works) and Drums (membranophones)
Function:
5.4 Secular and Religious Musical Instruments
Accession date:
1965
Department:
Africa (except Ancient Egypt)
Dimensions:
height 93 centimeters
Comment:
Original # on object is “28”. Not a Bascom inventory number. Appears to be a dealer’s number. Murdock 32:20. NOTE: 2 “pins” missing. Hole in parchment drum head. PAHMA Storage Loc: 20A Mez, Space 2. 2 pins missing, hole in parchment drumhead.
Loans:
S1970-1971 #69: Music Department (UC Berkeley)/Ollie Wilson (January 14, 1971–June 11, 1971) and S1972-1973 #33: San Jose State University (November 10, 1972–December 13, 1972)