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Single-head drum, with a narrow cylindrical wooden body, and a shark skin membrane laced with twisted twine of coconut husk fiber. The drum is made from a single piece of wood and the base is carved to form a ring-shaped pedestal with legs. The drum lacing passes through these legs several times and forms a torus-shaped bundle.
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1800–36 - Maker:
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Saffron Walden Museum - Inventory number:
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Cook Islands - Hornbostel-Sachs classification:211.211.1 Individual single-skin cylindrical drums
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- Hornbostel-Sachs category:211.211.1 Individual single-skin cylindrical drums
- Repository:Saffron Walden Museum
- Measurements:Height: 360mm; Diameter (at binding fibers on bottom): 160mm