Native Name | Nagarit |
Object Number | 2014-13-35 |
Current Location | Collections Storage |
Provenience | Ethiopia |
Section | African |
Materials | Wood | Skin | Rawhide | Iron |
Description | Nagarit. Kettle drum described by ethnologists as the "Uganda drum" - wood body, open ends covered with skin of white gemsbok. Lower end is also covered by a head, for tension only, fastened to the upper head by closely-laced series of twisted rawhide thongs. |
Length | 40.5 cm |
Width | 32 cm |
Outside Diameter | 32 cm |
Credit Line | Gift of the Franklin Institute, 2014 |
Other Number | 56 - Franklin Institute Number | L-222-35 - Old Loan Number | M-140 - Seder Number |
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