Drums from Sub-Saharan Africa
Object type:
musical instrument > membranophones > vessel drum
Materials:
wood, raffia, leather
Legend:
Closed single-skinned barrel-shaped drum. The membrane is attached via a complex plaited raffia net, on two parallel raffia stems that tighten the skin. The plaiting around the wooden sound box has regular patterns that can also be found in other plaiting of this population group.
Place of collecting:
Democratic Republic of the Congo > Bandundu > Mai-Ndombe
Culture:
Kongo
Date of acquisition:
1973-03-16
Dimensions:
43,2 cm x 44,9 cm
Inventory number:
MO.1973.16.31