Plymouth City Museum and Art Gallery - online catalogue

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Object number
1909.375x
Object
drum
Creator
Unknown (Maker)
Description
General Description: Carved and decorated wooden drum, with plant fibre string attached to snake or lizard drum skin, from New Guinea, Melanesia (, )
Production date
, 1909 pre
Production place
Elema District (Maker)
Material
wood (sound box), skin (snake or lizard), plant fibre (tensioner (?))
Technique
carved, incised, modified animal, plaited
Dimensions
- whole length 56.1 cm
- whole width 11.6 cm
Associations

Named Collection: Dauncey Collection