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Drum - Single Head

Yoruba Palace Drum - Fakeye

Ila Orangun, Nigeria
Yoruba

Animal hide, wood
ca. 19th Century

Height 47 inches; diameter with pegs 27 inches
Membranophone - Struck - Directly

Yoruba palace drum on four wedge feet, carved in the manner of the Fakeye family of Ila Orangun, Nigeria. The rich panoply of daily life can be seen on this marvelous drum revealed in three rows. The posture of the figures are frontally and symmetrically positioned. The diviner gazes to the side and leans forward, lending to a characteristic aspect of liveliness and expectancy. The beauty and power of this historical drum communicates information about daily life, human nature, and the disposition of spirits upon the living.

 

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Catalog#: AF-MBST-94