Object Number | P756B |
Current Location | Collections Storage |
Culture | Iban |
Provenience | Borneo | Sarawak |
Section | Oceanian |
Materials | Wood | Monkey Skin | Peel | Plant Fiber |
Description | Cylindrical wooden drum made from a single piece of wood. Flared at the bottom. Monkey skin drum head has fur still attached. Bands of peel extend from the drum head roughly to the middle of the drum with wooden spacers holding a braided rattan band taut to keep the drum head tight. Raised ring around the body of the drum with floral designs painted with white pigment over top. Tebong. |
Length | 97.2 cm |
Outside Diameter | 18 cm |
Credit Line | Gift of Dr. William H. Furness 3rd., 1898 |
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