Gourd drum, with animal skins stretched over the top and the bottom. Contains rattling objects. The two hide sections are secured to the gourd by plant fibre string. [ASh [OPS move] 10/5/2017]

Collection type: Object
Description: Gourd drum, with animal skins stretched over the top and the bottom. Contains rattling objects. The two hide sections are secured to the gourd by plant fibre string. [ASh [OPS move] 10/5/2017]
Geographical reference: Uganda
Africa > Eastern Africa > Uganda; Western Region [Hoima, Kibale, Masindi districts] / Bunyoro-Kitara
Cultural groups: Nyoro
Person: Field collector John Roscoe; Field collector Mackie Ethnological Expedition; PRM source John Roscoe
Date / Period: Date made: Before 1920
Date collected: circa 1919
Acquisition information: Donated: 1921
Materials and processes: Material Gourd Plant, Material Animal Hide Skin, Material Plant Fibre, Process Dried, Process Tied, Process Perforated
Dimensions: Height: max 93 mm, Diameter: max 110 mm
Object numbers: Accession number: 1921.9.195
Research and responses: Rev. John Roscoe The Soul of Central Africa, A General Account of The Mackie Ethnological Expedition, London 1922. Balfour Library Reference : Africa 8
Also: Roscoe The Northern Bantu, Cambridge 1915. Balfour Library Africa 8

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