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Slotted drum

Main catalogue: "Large carved wooden drum, on the sides relief figures of humans and crocodiles, on top the round figure of a sitting chieftain, in his right hand a bronze sword, in his left a human head, a second head lies between his feet, l 3.55 cm"

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Ethnologisches Museum
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Cultural attribution
Bamileke (Bamiléké)
Object type
musical instruments
Dimensions
Objektmaß: 357 x 68 x 63 cm
Gewicht: ca. 195 kg
Verpackungsmaß: 122 x 383 x 100 cm (HBT Kistenmaß)
Material/Technique
Wood
Current location
Ethnologisches Museum, Staatliche Museen zu Berlin
Inventory number
III C 21107

Provenance and sources

when
19th century (2nd half of the)
where
Cameroon [Land/Region]
Bansa [Ort]
who
Bamileke (Bamiléké)

who
Glauning, Hans - Collectors

Description
Donation 1907

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