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Start Over Object name Slit drum Year collected [Missing] Function 7.2 Sound Communication
Hearst Museum object titled Slit drum, accession number 11-39502, described as “Slit-drum”; wood; handle one one end; hand-held, used extensively throughout Samoa to announce school hours and to call pigs; typically carried by school children in crook of left arm and beaten with a stick held in right hand; may also be beaten with two sticks at dances
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.
Hearst Museum object titled Slit drum, accession number 11-39501, described as “Slit-drum”; wood; no handle; hand-held, used extensively throughout Samoa to announce school hours and to call pigs; typically carried by school children in crook of left arm and beaten with a stick held in right hand; may also be beaten with two sticks at dances

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