Drum

Description

Cylindrical wooden drum, one end closed with hide, the other with a hide band and a handle, with two vibrating iron wires inside stretched the length of the instrument: Africa, Eastern Africa, Kenya, Ukamba, late 19th - early 20th century

Museum reference

A.1911.389

Collection

World Culture

Object name

Drum

Production information

Unknown
Ukamba, Kenya, Eastern Africa

Date

Late 19th - early 20th century

Materials

Wood, Hide, Iron

Physical description

Wood; one end closed with hide, the other with a hide band and a handle; inside two vibrating iron wires

Exhibitions

• Performance and Lives (29 Jul 2011)
  National Museum of Scotland

On display

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