Wooden drum used on the Sea Islands, South Carolina
date: label: Date
content: 19th century
name: label: Created by
content: Unidentified
notes: label: Description
content: A wooden drum covered with stretched leather hide that has been attached to drum body with nine wooden pegs. Two carved, anthropomorphized face motifs are on opposite sides of the upper half of the drum body. The edges of face motifs have been sealed with a darker adhesive material. There are three bands running the circumference of the drum. The top band closest to the drum head, is stained darker than the rest of the drum body. There is a carved piece that extends from the darker band. It has a round drill hole that had been threaded through with a leather thong. This piece has been stained the same color as the bank. The middle band is directly below the top band and above the face motifs. It is the same color as the rest of the body. The bottom band is a carved triangular pattern between two parallel lines. The bottom band is located near the base of the drum, above a piece of hide wrapped and tied around the very bottom of the drum body. There is a nail visible in drum body interior.
place: label: Place collected
content: Beaufort County, South Carolina, United States, Lowcountry, North and Central America
label: Cultural Place
content: United States, Sea Islands, North and Central America
label: Cultural Place
content: West Africa, Africa
label: Cultural Place
content: Central Africa, Africa
topic: label: Topic
content: African American
label: Topic
content: African diaspora
label: Topic
content: Associations and institutions
label: Topic
content: Folklife
label: Topic
content: Music
label: Topic
content: Slavery
label: Topic
content: Societies
label: Topic
content: Spirituality
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content: National Museum of African American History and Culture Collection
label: Classification
content: Slavery and Freedom Objects
label: Classification
content: Musical Instruments
label: Exhibition
content: Slavery and Freedom
label: On View
content: NMAAHC (1400 Constitution Ave NW), National Mall Location, Concourse 3, C3 053
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of African American History and Culture
identifier: label: Object number
content: 2014.122.2
objectType: label: Type
content: drums (membranophones)
objectRights: label: Restrictions & Rights
content: No Known Copyright Restrictions
label: Restrictions & Rights
content: Proper usage is the responsibility of the user.
physicalDescription: label: Medium
content: wood, leather, hide and metal
label: Dimensions
content: H x W x D: 38 3/4 × 15 × 15 in., 28 lb. (98.4 × 38.1 × 38.1 cm, 12.7 kg)
label: Dimensions
content: Diameter: 14 15/16 in. (38 cm)