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Drum - Double Head

Kuba Mukupiela Drum

Democratic Republic of Congo (Zaire)
Kuba

Animal hide, wood
ca. Early-Mid 20th century

Length: 22 inches x Drum Diameter : 12 inches
Membranophone - Struck (Directly) - Two-Headed

Double-Headed goblet "Mukupiela" drum of the Kuba with four arm handles. Carved from one piece of wood.

 

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Catalog#: AF-MBST-2-97