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Goblet drum
Unknown people
19th century
Object Place: Possibly Sierra Leone
Medium/Technique
Wood, animal skin, plant fiber
Dimensions
Height 43.5 cm, diameter 25.5 cm (Height 17 1/8 in., diameter 10 1/16 in.)
Credit Line
Leslie Lindsey Mason Collection
Accession Number17.2186
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CollectionsMusical Instruments
ClassificationsMusical instruments – Membranophones
DescriptionConical wood body terminating in cylindrical section with three small feet. Head end is ovoid. Single head of animal skin, held in place by web of thick twined plant fiber laced around two separate rings of braided palm (?) fiber. Small carrying loop of leather at one edge of head.
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)