Object Number | 65-37-2 |
Current Location | Collections Storage |
Provenience | Liberia |
Culture Area | West Africa |
Section | African |
Materials | Wood | Skin | Fiber |
Description | Double-headed drum, hour-glass shaped body of wood, with incised designs. Skin (goat or antelope) heads attached to outer hoops of hide; braces of sinue between hoops. When pressure is applied to the braces it changes the tension on the skins, thus changing the pitch. |
Height | 33.5 cm |
Outside Diameter | 19.5 cm |
Credit Line | Gift of H. Sherman Oberly, 1965 |
Report problems and issues to digitalmedia@pennmuseum.org.