Iron tubular gong with side flanges, carved wooden head and red cord wrapping. [RH [OPS move] 31/1/2018]

Collection type: Object
Description: Iron tubular gong with side flanges, carved wooden head and red cord wrapping. [RH [OPS move] 31/1/2018]
Long description: Iron tubular gong with side flanges, carved wooden head and red cord wrapping. The red covered cord wrapping terminates at one end into a beater, which is partly covered with black cloth and stitched with white thread, at the other end into a noose. [RH [OPS move] 31/1/2018]
Geographical reference: Cameroon
Africa > Central Africa > Cameroon; Fumban
Cultural groups: Bamum
Person: Field collector Lois Mitchison; PRM source Lois Mitchison
Date / Period: Date made: Before 1958
Date collected: 1958
Acquisition information: Purchased: 1959
Materials and processes: Material Iron Metal, Material Wood Plant, Material Textile, Material Wool Textile Animal, Process Beaten, Process Carved, Process Woven
Dimensions: Length: max 571 mm, Depth: max 127 mm, Width: max 183 mm
Object numbers: Accession number: 1959.9.5B

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