Slit drum

Museum number:
16-13362
Permalink:
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Accession number:
Acc.2377
Description:
Slit drum. Hardwood log dress over entire surface; circular cross-section; interior hollowed out by burning; slit has two hour-glass shaped holes at each end; rectangular suspension knob at one end; opposite sawed off flat. Red lettering on side.
Donor:
Summer Institute of Linguistics and University Appropriation
Collection place:
Peru
Culture or time period:
Bora
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Slit drums (percussion tubes)
Function:
5.4 Secular and Religious Musical Instruments and 7.2 Sound Communication
Accession date:
1968
Department:
South America (except Ancient Peru)
Images:
Hearst Museum object titled Slit drum, accession number 16-13362, described as Slit drum. Hardwood log dress over entire surface; circular cross-section; interior hollowed out by burning; slit has two hour-glass shaped holes at each end; rectangular suspension knob at one end; opposite sawed off flat. Red lettering on side.
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Slit drum, accession number 16-13362, described as Slit drum. Hardwood log dress over entire surface; circular cross-section; interior hollowed out by burning; slit has two hour-glass shaped holes at each end; rectangular suspension knob at one end; opposite sawed off flat. Red lettering on side.Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Slit drum, accession number 16-13362, described as Slit drum. Hardwood log dress over entire surface; circular cross-section; interior hollowed out by burning; slit has two hour-glass shaped holes at each end; rectangular suspension knob at one end; opposite sawed off flat. Red lettering on side.

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