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1903.129.15.2

Drum and wood strikers [drum]

1903.129.15.2

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Collection type
Object
Description
Drum and wood strikers [drum]
Long description
Drum and wood strikers [drum]. For drum-frame and wood strikers associated with this drum, see 1903.129.15 .1 and 1903.129.15 .3-4. [GL 23/1/2020]
Geographical reference
Niue
Oceania > Polynesia > Niue
Date / Period
Date made: Before 1872
Date collected
By 1872
Acquisition information
Transferred: 1886
Materials and processes
Material Wood Plant, Process Carved, Process Hollowed
Dimensions
Diameter: max 55 mm, Width: max 580 mm
Object numbers
Accession number: 1903.129.15.2
Research and responses

The George Rolleston Archive (Ashmolean Museum) has several letters from W.G. Lawes that were sent to George Rolleston, together with lists of objects sent to the University Museum by Lawes. Copies of these are now in the RDF for 1887.1.535-588. [AS 13/03/2012]

Local name provided by Richard Moyle.

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