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Hourglass drum
Single-membrane hourglass shaped drum. Wooden shell. The monitor lizard skin head is glued to the shell and has four black tuning beads of beeswax (?).
- Date:
late 19th century - Maker:
- Collection:
Horniman Museum and Gardens - Inventory number:
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Papua New Guinea - Hornbostel-Sachs classification:211.241.1 Individual single-skin hourglass-shaped drums
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- Materials:monitor lizard skin, wood
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- Hornbostel-Sachs category:211.241.1 Individual single-skin hourglass-shaped drums
- Repository:Horniman Museum and Gardens
- Measurements:overall: 757 mm x 150 mm x 150 mm