Hand-Drum (Se-Bak, Zhung)
date: label: Accession Date
content: 1874
name: label: Collector
content: Prof William M. Gabb
label: Donor Name
content: Prof William M. Gabb
notes: label: Notes
content: FROM CARD: "THE SHELL IS OF DARK COLORED WOOD, CYLINDRICAL FOR ABOUT HALF ITS LENGTH FROM WHICH IT TAPERS CONOIDAL TO WAIST. BELOW THIS IT IS CYLINDRICAL A SHORT DISTANCE THEN EXPANDS LIKE ACONE TO ITS BASE. IT IS HOLLOW FROM TOP TO BOTTOM. IT HAS ONE HEAD, THE SKIN OF THE IGUANA LIZZARD WHICH IS CEMENTED TO SHELL WITH FRESH BLOOD AND HELD BY A WRAPPING OF CORD UNTIL DRIED. IT IS A FAVORITE INSTRUMENT OF MUSIC WITH THE NATIVES. IT IS HELD UNDER THE LEFT ARM SUSPENDED BY A CORD OVER THE SHOULDER AND BEATEN WITH THE FINGERS OF THE RIGHT HAND." FROM CARD: "DRUM (SE-BAK) OF THE BRIBRIS AND (ZHUNG) OF THE TIRIBIS INDIANS. SHELL, OF DARK WOOD, GOBLET-SHAPED, AND OPEN AT BOTH ENDS; HEAD, OF IGUANA SKIN, CEMENTED TO THE SHELL AND HELD BY A WRAPPING OF CORD. HELD UNDER THE LEFT ARM AND SUSPENDED BY A CORD FROM THE SHOULDER. BEATEN WITH THE FINGERS OF THE LEFT HAND. HEIGHT, 23 INCHES. COSTA RICA, CENTRAL AMERICA. 15,413. COLLECTED BY WILLIAM M. GABB."
label: Record Last Modified
content: 30 Nov 2016
label: Specimen Count
content: 3
place: label: Place
content: Costa Rica, Central America
topic: label: Topic
content: Ethnology
culture: label: Culture
content: Talamanca
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content: Anthropology
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: NMNH - Anthropology Dept.
identifier: label: Accession Number
content: 004158
label: USNM Number
content: E15413-0
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Drum / Drumstick
physicalDescription: label: Height - Object
content: 58 cm