War Drum
| Native Name | Tabala |
|---|---|
| Object Number: | 2003-72-23A |
| Current Location: | Collections Storage |
| Provenience: | Senegal |
| Culture Area: | West Africa |
| Section: | African |
| Materials: | Wood Hide Rawhide |
| Height: | 37.5 cm |
| Outside Diameter: | 75 cm |
| Credit Line: | Gift of the Philadelphia Commercial Museum (also known as the Philadelphia Civic Center Museum), Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, 2003 |
| Other Number: | 1994.X.11725 - Other Number |
Description
Large drum (war drum), roundish; wood body, badly cracked; head of stretched hide; rawhide straps around body.
Bibliography:
| [Book] Barone, Joseph. 1961. A Handbook of the Musical Instrument collection of the Commercial Museum, Philadelphia.. Philadelphia. Actual Citation : Page/Fig./Plate: page 38 | View Objects related to this Actual Citation |
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