Drum

Object Number:

29-59-86

Current Location:

Africa Gallery

Culture:

Ambundu

Provenience:

Angola

Section:

African

Materials:

Wood

Description:

Wood. Hourglass shaped. One end covered with hide. The bulbous parts are carved with elaborate geometrical design. "Soba or chief's drum bought from the Soba at Kalunga. This soba had been imprisoned by the Portuguese for not supplying the chief with all the cattle and sheep he owned."

Credit Line:

Collected by Amandus Johnson; Purchased from Henry C. Mercer