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Slit drum
Large and heavy slit drum made from an hollowed trunk of wood, with a flattened top surface and two large rectangular slits connected through septum at center by narrow slit (double-slit in H-shape).
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1850–1927 - Maker:
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Saffron Walden Museum - Inventory number:
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Africa - Hornbostel-Sachs classification:111.243 Slit drums
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- Hornbostel-Sachs category:111.243 Slit drums
- Repository:Saffron Walden Museum
- Measurements:Width: 565mm; Height: 220mm; Depth: 210mm