Native Drum Vase Shaped "N'Goma"
date: label: Accession Date
content: 24 Jul 1893
name: label: Collector
content: William H. Brown
notes: label: Notes
content: FROM CARD: "ILLUS. IN BULLETIN 136, USNM, P1. 23-A, P. 136. SHELL, VASE-SHAPE MADE FROM A BLOCK OF WOOD WITH A PERFORATED LUG ON ONE SIDE FOR SUSPENSION; HEAD OF ZEBRA SKIN, SOAKED, STRETCHED ACROSS THE MOUTH AND HELD BY PEGS OF WOOD. BEATEN WITH THE HANDS. THE ONLY INSTRUMENT USED IN THEIR DANCES."
label: Record Last Modified
content: 7 Jul 2021
label: Specimen Count
content: 1
place: label: Place
content: Zimbabwe, Africa
topic: label: Topic
content: Ethnology
culture: label: Culture
content: Shona
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content: Anthropology
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: NMNH - Anthropology Dept.
identifier: label: Accession Number
content: 027184
label: USNM Number
content: E167472-0
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Drum