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1900.55.455

Drum: Carved wooden drum, 'aopa' monitor membrane at one end, fish mouth shaped at other end, carved, handle in middle. [DCF Court Team 18/2/2003]

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1900.55.455

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Collection type
Object
Description
Drum: Carved wooden drum, 'aopa' monitor membrane at one end, fish mouth shaped at other end, carved, handle in middle. [DCF Court Team 18/2/2003]
Person
Field collector Norman Heywood Hardy
PRM source Robert Francis Wilkins
Date / Period
Date made: Before 1900
Date collected
By 1900
Acquisition information
Donated: 1900
Materials and processes
Material Wood Plant, Material Lizard Skin Reptile, Process Carved, Process Stretched
Dimensions
Diameter 180 mm head, Length: max 860 mm
Object numbers
Accession number: 1900.55.455 Other numbers: 455

Search terms: Music, Figure, Musical Instrument, Fish Figure

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