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
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