Object Number | 93-9-26 |
Current Location | Collections Storage |
Provenience | Ghana |
Culture Area | West Africa |
Date Made | 1900-1971 |
Section | African |
Materials | Leather | Gourd | Metal | Wood | String |
Technique | Incised |
Description | Skin stretched over gourd forms resonating chamber, attached w/ sixteen metal nails. Gourd has incised design. Stick runs through, bisected by nail, short end covered w/ black leather. Long end has portion wrapped with leather, hair sewn on. Leather fringe at other end. |
Length | 51.5 cm |
Width | 21 cm |
Depth | 10.5 cm |
Credit Line | Gift of Harvey and Doris Tower, 1993 |
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