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Drum

Ethnomusicology index card: A leather membrane is stretched over a roughly spherical wooden vessel with a base, which is closed and blackened at the bottom. 13 strong wooden pegs nail the skin to the drum body. In addition, leather straps run from perforations on the edge of the membrane to the pegs. A leather cord is laid horizontally around the drum body through the perforations. Height: 39 cm Diameter of the membrane: 25 cm

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Cataloguing data

Cultural attribution
Balante
Object type
musical instruments
Dimensions
Height: 41 cm
Diameter: 52 cm
Material/Technique
Wood, Fur
Current location
Ethnologisches Museum, Staatliche Museen zu Berlin
Inventory number
III C 30118

Provenance and sources

  • Production
    where
    Guinea-Bissau
    who
    Balante
  • Assignment to a curated holding:
    Africa

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Legal status metadata
CC BY-SA 4.0 DEED
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