Slit Drum
60-9-1A
Location: On Display in the Africa Galleries
From: Zaire
Curatorial Section: African
| Object Number | 60-9-1A |
| Current Location | Africa Galleries - On Display |
| Provenience | Zaire |
| Culture Area | Central Africa |
| Date Made | 19th century CE |
| Section | African |
| Materials | Wood |
| Description | Slit wooden drum. Flat, rectangular base, slightly convex sides sloping in to the slit top; ends concave and expanding to top. Plaited fibre carrying strap from base to pierced lug on one end. Two drum -(b,c) sticks; wood with rather large bitumen head. |
| Length | 83 cm |
| Width | 30 cm |
| Credit Line | Gift of Dorothy R. Gilbert, 1960 |
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