Cylindrical drum of wood with a membrane stretched over both ends. For the wooden beater see 1981.33.105 .2. [JC [OPS Move] 16/2/2017]

Collection type: Object
Description: Cylindrical drum of wood with a membrane stretched over both ends. For the wooden beater see 1981.33.105 .2. [JC [OPS Move] 16/2/2017]
Long description: Cylindrical drum [.1] of wood with a membrane stretched over both ends, one of agouti skin the other of howler monkey skin, both of which retain a significant amount of hair. The membranes are painted with dot and zig-zag designs in red and black pigment, and are each held in place with a wooden ring, the rings tied together with string. There is a circular hole in the side of the drum, in which has been placed the wooden beater [.2]. [JC [OPS Move] 7/2/2017]
Geographical reference: Venezuela, Bolivarian Republic of
Latin America and the Caribbean > South America > Venezuela, Bolivarian Republic of; Southern Venezuela Orinoco River basin
Cultural groups: Sanumá
Person: Field collector Marcus Colchester; PRM source Marcus Colchester
Date / Period: Date made: Before 1980
Date collected: 1979 - 1980
Acquisition information: Purchased: 1981
Materials and processes: Material Wood Plant, Material Animal Skin, Material Monkey Skin Animal, Material Pigment, Material String, Material Plant, Process Carved, Process Stretched, Process Decorated, Process Painted
Dimensions: Length x Width: max 275 x 320 mm
Object numbers: Accession number: 1981.33.105.1 Other numbers: 29

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