Voodoo Drum
51-2-3
From: West Indies | Haiti
Curatorial Section: American
| Object Number | 51-2-3 |
| Current Location | Collections Storage |
| Culture | Petro Sect |
| Provenience | West Indies | Haiti |
| Culture Area | Caribbean |
| Period | Modern | Early 20th Century |
| Date Made | 1924-1928 |
| Section | American |
| Materials | Wood | Goat Hide (uncertain) |
| Description | Tall, hollow wooden drums, slightly barrel shape. Heads of goat (?) - skin with some hair remaining on vertical portion which is affixed with large wooden pegs driven into wood, and rope. These are either the "papa" and "mama" or the "mama" and "boula" drums. |
| Height | 64 cm |
| Outside Diameter | 19 cm |
| Credit Line | Gift of John H. Craige, 1951 |
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