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Cup drum

Entry in the main historical catalogue: "Carved drum decorated with 2 rows of human figures in high relief.". a. Without skin ring. Below the membrane, a leather-wrapped wooden ring is placed around the body and tied to the membrane with strings. A braided cord is placed around the ring. The nails are driven through the wooden ring and through the braided cord. b. Stand (type A). Body slightly tapered towards the membrane. d. A carved ring in the centre of the body. Anthropomorphic figures carved all around above and outside the ring.

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Ethnologisches Museum
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Cultural attribution
Kom
Object type
musical instruments
Dimensions
Gewicht: 15,4 kg
Höhe x Breite x Tiefe: 107,5 x 39,5 x 36,5 cm
Material/Technique
Wood, Animal skin (cannot be determined non-destructively)
Current location
Ethnologisches Museum, Staatliche Museen zu Berlin
Inventory number
III C 21263

Provenance and sources

when
1907
where
Cameroon [Land/Region]
Grassland [Region]
Northwest region [Region]
Get
who
Tikar (Kom) (?)
Kom

who
F. Sauerland - Collectors

Description
Purchase 1907

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