Object Number | AF5039 |
Current Location | Collections Storage |
Culture | Baganda |
Provenience | Uganda |
Culture Area | East Africa |
Section | African |
Materials | Wood | Snakeskin | Iron |
Description | The upper part of this is not spheroidal, but rather biconical, with burnt-in decoration of rhomboids, etc. (this also on "foot"). There is a hemispherical projection on one side of the upper portion, pierced to take a string for suspension. Snakeskin tympanum. |
Height | 98 cm |
Outside Diameter | 22 cm |
Credit Line | Gift of Mrs. Caywood in memory of her son Ellery Caywood, 1920 |
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