Drum

Object Number:

AF5079

Current Location:

Collections storage

Culture:

Edo (Africa)

Provenience:

Nigeria
Benin Kingdom

Section:

African

Materials:

Bronze

Description:

Small carved wooden cylinder with the circle of flaring, wooden pegs at each end for holding tympana.

Iyare: Splendor and Tension in Benin's Palace Theater (01 Nov 2008 - 01 Mar 2009)

[Book] Brown, Martha M. 2009. Iyare! Splendor & Tension in Benin's Palace Theatre: An African Curriculum for Students. : Page/Fig./Plate: 6