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Drum
This instrument was collected in the field by Diana Powell-Cotton. It is a single-headed drum with a wooden shell and an animal skin membrane attached with rough-shaped wooden pegs.
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1925–35 - Maker:
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Powell-Cotton Museum - Inventory number:
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Jilib (Timezone: Africa/Mogadishu) - Hornbostel-Sachs classification:211.211.1 Individual single-skin cylindrical drums
- Culture:Somali
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- Hornbostel-Sachs category:211.211.1 Individual single-skin cylindrical drums
- Repository:Powell-Cotton Museum
- Measurements:Height: 275mm; Diameter (at head): 240mm; Diameter (at pegs): 405mm