Drum

50-25-1

From: Haiti | Port au Prince

Curatorial Section: American

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Object Number 50-25-1
Current Location Collections Storage
Provenience Haiti | Port au Prince
Culture Area Caribbean
Period Modern
Section American
Materials Wood | Skin | Paint
Technique Painted
Description

Voodoo drum. Tall, tapering from broad top to narrow flat open base. Hollowed light wood. Circular goat? skin head, held by 2 rings. Yellow rope laced from upper rings to rope near base. Covered with fine designed in bright polychrome glossy colors (modern commercial paint).

Height 43 Measurement Unit Not Provided
Width 23 Measurement Unit Not Provided
Credit Line Exchange with Kurt Fisher, 1950

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