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Drum

MOA: University of British Columbia

3383/14 a-b

Double-headed cylindrical metal drum with off-white rawhide skins at both ends (part a). Interlaced skin ties stretch and secure the skins. A single strip of rawhide is wound through the ties around the centre with a looped handle. Curved wooden drumstick (part b) with flat head. A short length of plant fibre is tied behind the flat head and attached in a notch partway down the shaft.

  • Narrative

    The donor purchased the drum from a group from Kenya who used the drum in their performance at Expo 86, in Vancouver.

  • Type of Item drum
  • Culture East African
  • Material rawhide skin, wood, plant fibre, steel metal
  • Measurements height 36.8 cm, diameter 23.0 cm (part a) height 26.8 cm, width 9.0 cm, depth 2.6 cm (part b)
  • Previous Owner Joanne Fallow
  • Received from Joanne Fallow
  • Made in Kenya
  • Creation Date before 1986
  • Collection Date during 1986
  • Ownership Date before August 21, 2019
  • Acquisition Date on August 21, 2019
  • Condition good
  • Accession Number 3383/0014 a-b

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