Drum

Museum number:
5-2616
Permalink:
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Accession number:
Acc.1685
Description:
Double-headed drum, hour glass shape; skin head attached to drum by pegs; stained black mid-section; raw-hide carrying strap; 25 1/2" high, 13" diameter.
Donor:
Bonnie B. Keller and University Appropriation
Collection place:
African Craft Village, Livingstone Museum, Zambia
Verbatim coll. place:
No. Rhodesia; African Craft Village; Livingstone; Lozi tribes
Culture or time period:
Lozi tribes
Collector:
Bonnie B. Keller
Collection date:
August 1962
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Drums (membranophones)
Function:
5.4 Secular and Religious Musical Instruments
Accession date:
1962
Context of use:
Used only for drumming when paramount chief moves from place to place.
Department:
Africa (except Ancient Egypt)
Images:
Hearst Museum object 1 of 2 titled Drum, accession number 5-2616, described as Double-headed drum, hour glass shape; skin head attached to drum by pegs; stained black mid-section; raw-hide carrying strap; 25 1/2" high, 13" diameter.Hearst Museum object 2 of 2 titled Drum, accession number 5-2616, described as Double-headed drum, hour glass shape; skin head attached to drum by pegs; stained black mid-section; raw-hide carrying strap; 25 1/2" high, 13" diameter.
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Drum, accession number 5-2616, described as Double-headed drum, hour glass shape; skin head attached to drum by pegs; stained black mid-section; raw-hide carrying strap; 25 1/2" high, 13" diameter.Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Drum, accession number 5-2616, described as Double-headed drum, hour glass shape; skin head attached to drum by pegs; stained black mid-section; raw-hide carrying strap; 25 1/2" high, 13" diameter.

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