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AF4692

From: Kenya

Curatorial Section: African

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Object Number AF4692
Current Location Collections Storage
Culture Akamba
Provenience Kenya
Culture Area East Africa
Section African
Materials Wood | Rawhide | Iron
Description

Of a log, hollowed thin (open end has been sawed off), hide tympanium pegged on. Used at "dances also they beat them all night sometimes to keep the evil spirits away."

Height 46 cm
Outside Diameter 35 cm
Credit Line Purchased from Lawson S. Propst and William Wight, 1917
Other Number M-205 - Seder Number

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