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1903.6.12

Single membrane hour-glass shaped blackened wooden drum. Membrane of monitor lizard skin secured with red cloth.

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1903.6.12

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Collection type
Object
Description
Single membrane hour-glass shaped blackened wooden drum. Membrane of monitor lizard skin secured with red cloth.
Geographical reference
Papua New Guinea
Oceania > Melanesia > Papua New Guinea
Oro Province Yady valley
Person
Field collector Henry Stewart Bonaventure Rohu
PRM source Henry Balfour
Date / Period
Date made: Before 1903
Date collected
By 1903
Acquisition information
Donated: 1903
Materials and processes
Material Wood Plant, Material Lizard Skin Reptile, Material Textile, Material Pigment, Process Carved, Process Hollowed, Process Stretched, Process Tied, Process Stained, Process Woven
Dimensions
Height: max 381 mm, Diameter: max 94 mm head
Object numbers
Accession number: 1903.6.12

Search terms: Music, Musical Instrument

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