Wooden drum of the Usukuma
1800 (?) - before 1893Wood; LeatherDiameter (Ø): 16.7 cm
Object: Wooden drum of the Usukuma
- Artist | Manufacturer:
- (actif 19xx), attributed to | User
- Title:
- Wooden drum of the Usukuma
- Date:
- 1800 (?) - before 1893
- Inventory Number:
- 1898-013/118
- Collection:
- Non european collections
- Domain:
- Africa
- Music - Song - Dance
- Designation:
- Drum
- Iconography:
- Geometric form ornament
- Material | Technique:
- Wood; Leather
- Measurements:
- Diameter (Ø): 16.7 cm
- Height (H): 37.2 cm
- Description:
- Made of a piece of wood hollowed out inside, it takes the shape of a cylinder which gradually narrows towards the middle of the height, where there is a handle made from the same piece of wood as the drum. One end is covered with skin, the other is not. Decorated with alternately light brown and black triangles. - Descriptive inventory by Nicolas Van Werveke of the Spring ethnographic collection. N.B.: this is a faithful transcription of Van Werveke's inventory, the terms used in 1898 have not been modified, even those whose use is considered critical today.
- Location:
- Depot
- Acquisition method:
- Donation
- Acquisition date:
- 1898
- Copyright:
-
Work: Public Domain
Image(s): CC0 1.0 Universal (CC0 1.0) | Patrick Quinteira / MNAHA
Metadata: CC0 1.0 Universal (CC0 1.0) -
Work:
Image(s): | Tina Pfeifer / MNAHA
Metadata:
- Photographer:
- Patrick Quinteira
- Tina Pfeifer
Object: Wooden drum of the Usukuma
- Artist | Manufacturer:
- (actif 19xx), attributed to | User
- Title:
- Wooden drum of the Usukuma
- Date:
- 1800 (?) - before 1893
- Inventory Number:
- 1898-013/118
- Collection:
- Non european collections
- Domain:
- Africa
- Music - Song - Dance
- Designation:
- Drum
- Iconography:
- Geometric form ornament
- Material | Technique:
- Wood; Leather
- Measurements:
- Diameter (Ø): 16.7 cm
- Height (H): 37.2 cm
- Description:
- Made of a piece of wood hollowed out inside, it takes the shape of a cylinder which gradually narrows towards the middle of the height, where there is a handle made from the same piece of wood as the drum. One end is covered with skin, the other is not. Decorated with alternately light brown and black triangles. - Descriptive inventory by Nicolas Van Werveke of the Spring ethnographic collection. N.B.: this is a faithful transcription of Van Werveke's inventory, the terms used in 1898 have not been modified, even those whose use is considered critical today.
- Location:
- Depot
- Acquisition method:
- Donation
- Acquisition date:
- 1898
- Copyright:
-
Work: Public Domain
Image(s): CC0 1.0 Universal (CC0 1.0) | Patrick Quinteira / MNAHA
Metadata: CC0 1.0 Universal (CC0 1.0) -
Work:
Image(s): | Tina Pfeifer / MNAHA
Metadata:
- Photographer:
- Patrick Quinteira
- Tina Pfeifer
