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: SMALL DOUBLE-MEMBRANE DRUM WITH SOLID CYLINDRICAL WOODEN SHELL. THE GOATSKIN HEADS ARE SECURED BY HOOPS ENCIRCLING THE SHELL AT ONE INCH FROM END. PROSSIBLY A DRUM USED IN THE "CONGO" CULT WHICH IN MOST CONTEMPORARY VODOU CENTERS HAS BEEN ASSIMILATED TO PETRO RITES. DRUM COLLECTED IN 1921 BY CAPT. THOMAS A. TIGHE, USMC, DURING THE MARINE OCCUPATION OF HAITI.
label: Record Last Modified
content: 26 Sep 2023
label: Specimen Count
content: 2
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: E380471-0
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Drum