Drum Item Number: 1157/8 from the MOA: University of British Columbia
Description
Drum made of wood covered in animal skin with short, mottled off-white and brown hair. Overall drum shape is cylindrical at top half, and tapering towards base on bottom half. One piece of skin stretched over bottom and up sides with a scalloped edge is joined to a circular piece of skin stretched over the top of the drum by wound strips of skin that have been pulled through holes at the edges of both pieces of skin. (Pink synthetic ribbon attached to one of two handles at top edge.)
Item History
- Made in Uganda before 1951
- Collected during 1951
- Owned by Eleanore C. Treutle Stephens before September 3, 1986
- Received from Eleanore C. Treutle Stephens (Donor) on September 3, 1986
What
- Name
- Drum
- Identification Number
- 1157/8
- Type of Item
- drum
- Material
- wood, animal skin and fibre
- Overall
- height 47.0 cm, diameter 43.0 cm
Who
- Culture
- Ganda ?
- Previous Owner
- Eleanore C. Treutle Stephens
- Received from
- Eleanore C. Treutle Stephens (Donor)
Where
- Holding Institution
- MOA: University of British Columbia
- Made in
- Uganda
When
- Creation Date
- before 1951
- Collection Date
- during 1951
- Ownership Date
- before September 3, 1986
- Acquisition Date
- on September 3, 1986
Other
- Condition
- fair
- Accession Number
- 1157/0008