Armand Hutereau as an ethnomusicologist
Object type:
musical instrument > idiophone > split drum
Materials:
wood
Legend:
This is one of those large, massive, split drums chopped from a whole tree trunk that are not just impressive because of their size, but also for the respect people have for it: it is protected in a special hut or put up on a platform or a hill, as indicated in the numerous photographs Hutereau took of it.
Place of collecting:
Democratic Republic of the Congo > Province Orientale > Aruwimi & Uele > Uele
Culture:
Zande
Acquisition related person:
Armand Joseph Oscar Hutereau (°1875 - †1914) as donor
Date of acquisition:
1913-07-25
Dimensions:
147 cm x 43,8 cm
Inventory number:
MO.0.0.14465