Vodoun (Vodou) Drum "Congo" "Baka"
date: label: Accession Date
content: 19 Jun 1942
name: label: Donor Name
content: Dr. Alfred Metraux
notes: label: Notes
content: IN VODOU RELIGION THE DIETIES OR "LOA" OF DIFFERENT "NATIONS" ARE INVOKED WITH THEIR OWN DISTINCTIVE RITES AND RITUAL PARAPHENALIA, INCLUDING DRUMS. THE DRUMS ASSOCIATED WITH SERVICES FOR THE CONGO NATION ARE MARKEDLY DIFFERENT FROM THOSE USED IN THE RADA RITES. AS IN THIS SPECIMEN, DRUMHEADS ARE OF GOATSKIN RATHER THAN COWHIDE WHICH ARE FASTENED USING HOOPS AND LACING RATHER THAN PEGS. THERE IS ALSO THE ABSENCE OF A CARVED AND INCUT BASE TYPICAL OF THE DRUMS WHICH COMPRISE THE RADA BATTERY. (SEE H. COURLANDER, 1960, THE DRUM AND THE HOE, P. 192-95.)
label: Record Last Modified
content: 26 Sep 2023
label: Specimen Count
content: 1
place: label: Place
content: 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: 163278
label: USNM Number
content: E382568-0
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Drum