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Slit drum
Unknown people
19th century
Object Place: Possibly Central African Republic
Medium/Technique
Mahogany?
Dimensions
Length 59.7 cm, width 22 cm, depth 22.9 cm (Length 23 1/2 in., width 8 11/16 in., depth 9 in.)
Credit Line
Leslie Lindsey Mason Collection
Accession Number17.2013
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CollectionsMusical Instruments
ClassificationsMusical instruments – Idiophones
DescriptionLoaf-shaped, hollowed-out body of mahogany (?) with flat ends. Top surface flattened off with two large rectangular slits connected through septum at center by narrow slit. Small iron nails driven into top surface near ends. Surface shows rough tool marks.
ProvenanceFrancis W. Galpin (1858-1945), Hatfield Regis, England; 1916, sold by Francis W. Galpin to William Lindsey (1858-1922), Boston, Massachusetts; 1916, gift of William Lindsey, in memory of his daughter, Leslie Lindsey Mason, to the MFA. (Accession Date: October 5, 1916)