Wooden ceremonial drum with boarskin top; wood, carved, head of animal hide with black hair, attached to drum with cotton cord that is wrapped around head and wood pegs projecting from drum; circular, geometric design. Carved with traditional Bush Negro design.
Donor:
Judah L. Magnes Museum
Collection place:
Suriname
Culture or time period:
Saramaka
Collector:
Ralph Bennett
Collection date:
1979-1980
Materials:
Cotton (textile), Hide (collagenous material), and Wood (plant material)
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Carvings (visual works) and Drums (membranophones)
Function:
5.4 Secular and Religious Musical Instruments
Context of use:
Probably made for sale.
Department:
South America (except Ancient Peru)
Dimensions:
height 43 centimeters and diameter 18 centimeters
Loans:
S1994-1995 #9b: SFO Museum (May 5, 1995–June 12, 1995) and S2011-2012 #3: National Geographic Society (July 26, 2011–July 27, 2011)