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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
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