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This instrument was collected in the field by Mr. and Mrs. Patterson who were in Cameroon with the American Presbyterian Mission. It is a double-headed drum with a wooden shell and animal skin membranes, which are attached with twisted hide lacing and lapped over a flesh-hoop.
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1911–36 - Maker:
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Saffron Walden Museum - Inventory number:
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Yaoundé (Timezone: Africa/Douala) - Hornbostel-Sachs classification:211.212.12 Individual double-skin cylindrical drums, both heads played
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- Hornbostel-Sachs category:211.212.12 Individual double-skin cylindrical drums, both heads played
- Repository:Saffron Walden Museum
- Measurements:Width: 280mm; Diameter(s): 265mm and 300mm