Drum
29-59-85
From: Angola
Curatorial Section: African
| Object Number | 29-59-85 |
| Current Location | Collections Storage |
| Culture | Ambundu |
| Provenience | Angola |
| Culture Area | Central Africa |
| Section | African |
| Materials | Wood | Rawhide |
| Description | Large dancing drum. Wood. In the shape of a truncated coin; larger end covered with hide. A wide band incised with elaborate geometrical design encircles the drum; at two opposite points this band is extended with highly conventionalized animal figures. |
| Length | 126.5 cm |
| Outside Diameter | 12.1 cm |
| Credit Line | Purchased from Henry C. Mercer, 1927 |
| Other Number | Mercer unknown - Old Museum Number | 172 - Collector Number |
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