Drum
Object type: Drum
Department: Musical Instruments
Culture: probably Mbala people
Artist: Mbala people?
Artist role: Maker
Artist nationality: Dem. Republic of the Congo
Date: 19th century
Medium: Wood, hide.
Dimensions: L.: 112.7 cm (44-3/8 in.);  Head Diam.: 25.1 cm (9-7/8 in.)
Classification: Membranophone-single-headed / conical drum
Geography:     Democratic Republic of the Congo  
Credit line: The Crosby Brown Collection of Musical Instruments, 1889
Accession year: 1889