Slit Drum

19th century CE

Details

Title: Slit Drum
Date Created: 19th century CE
Location Created: Zaire
Physical Dimensions: 83 x 30 cm
External Link: Penn Museum online collection
Medium: Wood
Object Number: 60-9-1A
Descriptive Note: Slit wooden drum. Flat, rectangular base, slightly convex sides sloping in to the slit top; ends concave and expanding to top. Plaited fibre carrying strap from base to pierced lug on one end. Two drum -(b,c) sticks; wood with rather large bitumen head.
Credit Line: Gift of Dorothy R. Gilbert, 1960

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