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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