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Drum
This instrument was collected in the field by Antoinette and Diana Powell-Cotton. It is a small, single-headed drum made from one piece of hollowed wood with a shaved animal skin membrane, probably attached with looped cord around the rim (now missing).
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1930–7 - Maker:
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Powell-Cotton Museum - Inventory number:
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Angola - Hornbostel-Sachs classification:211.271.1 Individual single-skin cylindro-conical drums
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- Hornbostel-Sachs category:211.271.1 Individual single-skin cylindro-conical drums
- Repository:Powell-Cotton Museum
- Measurements:Height: 210mm; Diameter: 105-115mm