Drum

Museum number:
5-10113
Permalink:
ark:/21549/hm21050010113
Accession number:
Acc.2644
Object count:
1
Description:
Drum; single large head, skin-covered bottom; twisted hide lacing holding top head in place; cowhide; ht. 36 cm, diam. top 34 cm.
Donor:
Estate of Hortense Powdermaker
Collection place:
Kenya
Verbatim coll. place:
Kenya attrib.
Collector:
Hortense Powdermaker
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Drums (membranophones)
Function:
5.4 Secular and Religious Musical Instruments
Accession date:
June 1970
Department:
Africa (except Ancient Egypt)
Images:
Hearst Museum object titled Drum, accession number 5-10113, described as Drum; single large head, skin-covered bottom; twisted hide lacing holding top head in place; cowhide; ht. 36 cm, diam. top 34 cm.
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Drum, accession number 5-10113, described as Drum; single large head, skin-covered bottom; twisted hide lacing holding top head in place; cowhide; ht. 36 cm, diam. top 34 cm.

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