Drawstring canvas bag to contain xylophone and beaters made from 17 sticks of wood. [LKG 17/03/2010]

Collection type: Object
Description: Drawstring canvas bag to contain xylophone and beaters made from 17 sticks of wood. [LKG 17/03/2010]
Long description: Drawstring canvas bag to contain xylophone and beaters made from 17 sticks of wood. The bag is green in colour and has been machine stitched. There are metal edged eyelet openings around the top of the bag through which a length of twisted cord rope has been passed and knotted. [LKG 17/03/2010]
Geographical reference: Congo, Democratic Republic of
Africa > Central Africa > Congo, Democratic Republic of; Province Orientale Ituri Forest Epulu
Cultural groups: Babira
Person: Field collector Colin Macmillan Turnbull; PRM source Colin Macmillan Turnbull
Date / Period: Date made: Before 1954
Date collected: By 1958
Acquisition information: Donated: 1959
Materials and processes: Material Textile, Material Rope, Material Metal, Process Woven, Process Stitched, Process Twisted, Process Forged (Metal), Process Perforated, Process Knotted
Dimensions: Diameter: max 250 mm Base, Length: max 750 mm
Object numbers: Accession number: 1959.5.46.18

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