Vodoun (Vodou) Drum "Petro"
date: label: Accession Date
content: 3 Aug 1939
label: Collection Date
content: 1921
name: label: Collector
content: Capt. Thomas A. Tighe
label: Donor Name
content: United States Marine Corps
notes: label: Notes
content: SPECIMEN HAS SOLID HOLLOWED CYLINDRICAL BODY SLIGHTLY CONICAL AT BASE. GOATSKIN HEAD FASTENED WITH TWO WOODEN HOOPENS, ONE OF WHICH IS SECURED TO A ROPE CORD AROUND THE TAPERED BASE OF DRUM. DRUM IS USED IN THE PETRO CULT OF VODOU AND IS TO BE DISTINGUISHED FROM THE PEGGED FORMS OF THE RADA ENSEMBLE. COLLECTED BY CAPT. THOMAS A. TIGHE, USMC, IN 1921 DURING THE MARINE OCCUPATION OF HAITI. (SEE M. DEREN 1970 DIVINE HORSEMEN: THE VOODOO GODS OF HAITI. DELL PUBLISHING, FIG. 13, p. 183).
label: Record Last Modified
content: 26 Sep 2023
label: Specimen Count
content: 1
place: label: Place
content: Hinche, Artibonite Province, Haiti, Caribbean
topic: label: Topic
content: Ethnology
culture: label: Culture
content: Haitian
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content: Anthropology
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: NMNH - Anthropology Dept.
identifier: label: Accession Number
content: 153259
label: USNM Number
content: E380474-0
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Drum