Drum

Museum number:
5-7671a,b
Permalink:
ark:/21549/hm21057671a@2cb
Alternate number:
Law #7 (original number)
Accession number:
Acc.2445
Object count:
2
Description:
a) drum; large carved wood body, hide cover tied with cord; leather and woven cloth carry strap attached; stick end covered with commercial cloth and wound with cord. drum, H. 32 cm. D. 30 cm. b) stick, L 40 cm.
Donor:
LeRoy M. Law
Collection place:
Nigeria
Verbatim coll. place:
Africa; Southwest Nigeria; Yoruba
Culture or time period:
Yoruba
Collector:
LeRoy M. Law
Collection date:
ca. 1967
Materials:
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
Accession date:
1968
Department:
Africa (except Ancient Egypt)
Dimensions:
a— height 32 centimeters, b— length 40 centimeters, and a— diameter 30 centimeters
Loans:
S1972-1973 #33: San Jose State University (November 10, 1972–December 13, 1972)
Images:
Hearst Museum object 1 of 2 titled Drum, accession number 5-7671a,b, described as a) drum; large carved wood body, hide cover tied with cord; leather and woven cloth carry strap attached; stick end covered with commercial cloth and wound with cord. drum, H. 32 cm. D. 30 cm. b) stick, L 40 cm.Hearst Museum object 2 of 2 titled Drum, accession number 5-7671a,b, described as a) drum; large carved wood body, hide cover tied with cord; leather and woven cloth carry strap attached; stick end covered with commercial cloth and wound with cord. drum, H. 32 cm. D. 30 cm. b) stick, L 40 cm.
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Drum, accession number 5-7671a,b, described as a) drum; large carved wood body, hide cover tied with cord; leather and woven cloth carry strap attached; stick end covered with commercial cloth and wound with cord. drum, H. 32 cm. D. 30 cm. b) stick, L 40 cm.

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