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Drum - Single Head

Uganda Snakeskin Drum

Uganda
Uganda Region

Wood, Snakeskin, Leather strap
ca. Early 20th Century

Height: 24 inches; Drum head Diameter: 7 inches
Membranophone - Struck - Directly

Uganda drum collected by Quaker missionaries in Kenya during the 1920s. Leather strap - with snakeskin drum head still in tact.

 

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Catalog#: AF-MBST-40-99