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Conical drum

Single membrane conical drum. A section of a hollowed log of (balsa?) wood forms the shell, with untreated outer surface. Peccary skin head, with remnants of hair, secured by a double hoop. The skin is lapped over the concealed lower hoop is secured beneath the upper hoop. Vegetable fibre lacings form a V-shaped pattern, running between the double hoop and a cane hoop near the open end of the drum.

  • Culture:Embera Choco
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  • Materials:vegetable fibre, hide, wood
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  • Hornbostel-Sachs category:211.251.1 Individual single-skin conical drums
  • Repository:Horniman Museum and Gardens
  • Measurements:overall: 170 x 188 mm