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Drum; consisting of tall wooden cylinder with tapering ends, narrower at base. Apart from small section at top, body is blackened and carved with two bands of male figures, holding weapons. At top of blackened section is band of seven holes, five of which have surviving wooden pegs inserted, with animal skin ties attached, holding down skin membrane on top of drum.

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