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1933.93.25

Single membrane drum with 5 pegs bracing membrane to wooden body, two of which are missing. Lower half of drum decorated with 5 bands of incised lines. [FC 24/10/2008]

1933.93.25

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Collection type
Object
Description
Single membrane drum with 5 pegs bracing membrane to wooden body, two of which are missing. Lower half of drum decorated with 5 bands of incised lines. [FC 24/10/2008]
Geographical reference
Ghana
Africa > Western Africa > Ghana
Kumasi
Person
Field collector S.C. Sinclair
Field collector George Evelyn Sinclair
PRM source S.C. Sinclair
PRM source George Evelyn Sinclair
Date / Period
Date made: Before 1933
Date collected
By 1933
Acquisition information
Purchased: 09/1933
Materials and processes
Material Wood Plant, Material Animal Hide Skin, Material Plant Fibre, Material Iron Metal, Process Carved, Process Pegged, Process Decorated, Process Tied, Process Stretched, Process Repaired (local)
Dimensions
Height: max 725 mm, Diameter 250 mm
Object numbers
Accession number: 1933.93.25

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