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93-9-13

From: Ghana

Curatorial Section: African

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Object Number 93-9-13
Current Location Collections Storage
Provenience Ghana
Date Made 1900-1971
Section African
Materials Wood | Hide | Leather | Sinew | Reed (plant) | String | Nails
Description

Leather sleeve enclosing wooden frame, stitched with string & hide strap. Hide Straps bind sleave to frame. Middle of frame stained red-brown, rest black. Reed string tied to frame with single strips.

Length 122.1 cm
Width 11.2 cm
Outside Diameter 1.9 cm
Credit Line Gift of Harvey and Doris Tower, 1993

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