Wooden slit drum the handle for which is carved in the shape of a neck and human head. [JP 16/10/2003]

Collection type: Object
Description: Wooden slit drum the handle for which is carved in the shape of a neck and human head. [JP 16/10/2003]
Geographical reference: Congo, Republic of
Africa > Central Africa > Congo, Republic of; Angola
Africa > Central Africa > Angola
Person: Field collector E.R. Jones; Field collector Mrs E.R. Jones; Field collector Evan Rhys Jones; Field collector Elizabeth Jones; PRM source H.B. Jones
Date / Period: Date made: Before 1915
Date collected: 1910 - 1915
Acquisition information: Donated: 2002
Materials and processes: Material Wood Plant, Process Carved
Dimensions: Height: max 420 mm, Width: max 85 mm, Length: max 85 mm
Object numbers: Accession number: 2002.91.14
Research and responses: Full name of Dr E.R. Jones possibly Evan Rhys Jones, see records at Regent's Park College Angus Library and Archive which suggest he worked in Africa between 1910 and 1920 with his wife Elizabeth. They were Baptist missionaries and medical staff [AP 21/7/2016]

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