Drum
Object type: Drum
Department: Musical Instruments
Culture: Kuba (Shoowa)
Date: late 19th–early 20th century
Medium: wood, hide
Dimensions: H. 34 3/8 × Total Diam. 12 in. (H. 87.3 × Total Diam. 30.5 cm)
Head Diam. 9 in. (22.9 cm); Body L. 23 3/4 in. (30.5 cm.); Base L. 10 11/16 in. (27.1 cm)
Classification: Membranophone-single-headed / conical drum
Geography:     Democratic Republic of the Congo  
Credit line: Purchase, Robert Alonzo Lehman Bequest, 2013
Accession year: 2013
Tags: Human Figures