Slit drum, wooden (teponaztli), cylindrical; handcarved design in low relief on one side of fish with human head (probably a mythical being) brandishing a stone or metal axe; handcarved designs around both ends; L 52.5 cm X Dia 15.0 cm. A two-toned percussion instrument played with rubber tipped sticks
Donor:
Bancroft Library (UC Berkeley)
Collection place:
Mexico City, Mexico
Verbatim coll. place:
Mexico; Distrito Federal; Valley of Mexico; Aztec attributed
Culture or time period:
Aztec (1300–1521 AD)
Collector:
Ynes Mexia
Collection date:
unknown
Materials:
Wood (plant material)
Object type:
archaeology
Object class:
Slit drums (percussion tubes)
Accession date:
1946
Department:
Mexico, Central America, and Caribbean area
Dimensions:
diameter 15 centimeters and length 52.5 centimeters
Loans:
S1957-1960 [XXX Wellington]: University Art Museum (UC Berkeley) (1957–1960), S1958-1959 #3: Department of Anthropology (UC Berkeley) (March 4, 1958–1958), S1964-1965 #27: UC Berkeley Extension/Cecilia Ross (November 10, 1964–January 6, 1965), S1974-1975 #4: University Art Museum (UC Berkeley) (July 19, 1974–February 7, 1975), and S1977-1978 #2: Music Library (UC Berkeley) (July 27, 1977–October 6, 1977)