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Cylinder drum

"Membranophone, double cylinder drum" Both membranes are each set in a bead ring and stretched together with zigzagging leather strips. One membrane is made of snakeskin, the other of mammal skin. A leather carrying strap connects the two membranes.

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Ethnologisches Museum
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Cultural attribution
Garo
Object type
musical instruments
Dimensions
Höhe: 27,8 cm
Durchmesser: 11- 15 cm Membran
Material/Technique
Wood, Leather , Skin (snake), Skin (mammal)
Current location
Ethnologisches Museum, Staatliche Museen zu Berlin
Inventory number
I C 8619

Provenance and sources

where
India [Land]
Assam [Region]
who
Garo

who
Bastian, Adolf - Collectors

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