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drum

The wooden drum has its narrowest point in the middle. The drumhead of the Drum is made of crocodile skin. It widens towards both sides. It has a wide, decorated handle.

Data Provider
Übersee-Museum Bremen

Cataloguing data

Object type
drums (membranophones)
Dimensions
General: 27 × 20 × 49.5 cm
Material/Technique
Wood; crocodile skin; plant fibre carved; polished
Current location
Übersee-Museum Bremen
Inventory number
D03819
Other number(s)
http://coll.uebersee-museum.de/v/D03819

Provenance and sources

  • Production
    when
    1800-1907
    where
    Sepik
  • Assignment to a curated holding:
    Ethnographic collections

Information about the record

Legal status metadata
CC BY-NC-ND 4.0 DEED
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