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Hourglass drum
Unknown people
19th century
Object Place: Western Africa
Medium/Technique
Wood, animal skin, plant fiber
Dimensions
Height 28.7 cm, diameter 19.8 cm (Height 11 5/16 in., diameter 7 13/16 in.)
Credit Line
Leslie Lindsey Mason Collection
Accession Number17.2016
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CollectionsMusical Instruments
ClassificationsMusical instruments – Membranophones
DescriptionHourglass-shaped body of very thin wood, the waist section colored pale salmon. Heads of animal skin at each end, held in place by laces of thin twined plant fiber. Several later laces of thin cotton (?) cord.
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)