FMNH 221796.nosub[1]

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    Description: scan of catalog card [FRONT] [MAIN BODY] Field Museum of Natural History - Ethnology | 2432- | Provenience: Malawi: Nsanje District | People or Culture: Sena and Manganja | Object: drum of the Likuba set: mphandamu | Material: wood, hide, tinned iron | Description: body of partial long-ovoid form on a slightly flaring base; the top of the base decorated by diagonally-hatched triangles and the bottom, with a raised band of carved conventionalized cowries (?); trapezoidal lug on one side: the head of the drum held taut by loops cut out of the sides and twisted around pegs inserted into the sides, as well as two thongs passing over and under the pegs. | Dimensions: (in cm.) Diam.: 30, Length: 97 | Collection: Purchase from Tom Crane, 1/2/70. [LEFT MARGIN] A | ENT | 221796 | Field No. | Neg. No. 43 | Acc. 3094 [BACK] [PHOTOGRAPH]
Catalog Number: 221796.nosub[1]
Description: drum
Materials: wood, animal skin, animal fur, metal
Cultural Attribution: Sena, Manganja
Accession Number: [3094] T. Crane (Purchase)
Accession Year:
Other Numbers: 1, 43
Collector/Source: Tom Crane, Tom Crane
EMu IRN: 1127791
GUID: 7a44f373-0dbe-4d21-a15f-624eb4a7bdd8

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