Top view | Photographer: Claudia Obrocki | Rights management: Ethnologisches Museum, Staatliche Museen zu Berlin
Attribution - NonCommercial - ShareAlike 4.0 InternationalEntry in the main historical catalogue: "Large carved drum. The ornament runs evenly round and shows animal heads in the upper part ..., in the lower part .... .". a. Instead of a skin ring, a wooden ring wrapped in leather is placed around the body below the membrane and tied to the membrane with strings. A braided cord is wrapped around this ring several times. The nails are driven through the cord and through the wooden ring. b. Body slightly tapered towards the membrane. Cup-shaped bowl. Tapered towards the bottom. d. Zoomorphic figures (reptiles, bat heads) and abstract ornaments carved all round. A carved ring between the bowl and the base.
Cataloguing data
Width: 35 cm
Depth: 37 cm
Weight: 11,8 kg
Provenance and sources
Production
Collecting
Change of legal title:
Acquisition
Assignment to a curated holding:
Africa
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