Drum
97-120-873
From: Tunisia | Tunis
Curatorial Section: African
| Object Number | 97-120-873 |
| Current Location | Collections Storage |
| Provenience | Tunisia | Tunis |
| Culture Area | North Africa |
| Section | African |
| Materials | Wood | Parchment | Fiber |
| Description | Circular with paper drum heads. (original). Cylindrcial wood body made of 3 curved slats nailed together. Paper (?) heads at each end held by parchment covered wood frames attached to each other by fiber cords in V pattern pulled together by cord around center of drum body. Poor condition; both heads broken. |
| Height | 35 cm |
| Outside Diameter | 45 cm |
| Credit Line | Gift of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia, 1997 |
| Other Number | L-120-873 - Old Museum Number | 10906 - ANSP Number | 801 - Collector Number |
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