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Drum
This instrument was collected in the field by Antoinette and Diana Powell-Cotton. It is a single-headed drum ("ongoma") made from a water-jug type gourd with a shaved animal skin membrane, attached with wooden pegs.
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1930–7 - Maker:
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Powell-Cotton Museum - Inventory number:
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Huila (province), Angola - Hornbostel-Sachs classification:211.271.1 Individual single-skin cylindro-conical drums
- Culture:Mwila
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- Hornbostel-Sachs category:211.271.1 Individual single-skin cylindro-conical drums
- Repository:Powell-Cotton Museum
- Measurements:Length: 415mm; Diameter: 130-135mm