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Slit drum
P?t? (pate), hardwood slit drum of oval section with rectangular mouth, and sloping, recessed ends. The slit drum has a label on it which reads, 'wooden gong, used for summoning meetings, Rarotonga'. It is struck with a wooden beater, ike.
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late 19th century - Maker:
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Horniman Museum and Gardens - Inventory number:
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Rarotonga (island) - Hornbostel-Sachs classification:111.243 Slit drums
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- Materials:hardwood
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- Hornbostel-Sachs category:111.243 Slit drums
- Repository:Horniman Museum and Gardens
- Measurements:overall: 18.8976 x 3.3858 x 3.937 in.; 480 x 86 x 100 mm