Drum
Unidentified maker (Nigeria)
not dated
Wood, cotton cloth, and goat skin
Overall: 14 5/8 × 8 1/16 in. (37.1 × 20.4 cm)
Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth: Gift of Robert A. McKennan, Class of 1925
181.17.25964
Geography
Place Made: Nigeria, Western Africa, Africa
Object Name
Musical Instrument
Research Area
Africa
Not on view
Exhibition History
Recontextualizing 'Primitive' Art: Melanesian and African Works, An Exhibition in Process, Harrington Gallery Teaching Exhibition, Anthropology 72, Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth College, Hanover, New Hampshire, March 29-May 25, 1997.
Provenance
Professor Robert Addison McKennan; given to present collection, 1981.
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