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1933.34.1

Friction drum.

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1933.34.1

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Collection type
Object
Description
Friction drum.
Geographical reference
Zambia
Africa > Eastern Africa > Zambia
Luangwa Ndola
Cultural groups
Lamba
Person
Maker Chayfunama
Field collector Thomas Stanley Fox Pitt
PRM source Thomas Stanley Fox Pitt
Date / Period
Date made: Before 1933
Date collected
By 1933
Acquisition information
Donated: 1933
Materials and processes
Material Wood Plant, Material Animal Hide Skin, Process Carved, Process Stretched, Process Perforated
Dimensions
Diameter 190 mm head, Height 420 mm
Object numbers
Accession number: 1933.34.1

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