Long Drum: "N'Goma"
date: label: Accession Date
content: 24 Jul 1893
label: Collection Date
content: 1892
name: label: Collector
content: William H. Brown
notes: label: Notes
content: FROM CARD: "CALLED MUTUMBA" A. TRACEY 8-8-67. OLD LABEL: "LONG DRUM (N'GOMA) OF THE MASHONAS. SHELL, A HOLLOW LOG ROUGHLY WORKED, BASE CUT TO FORM THREE FEET; HEAD OF SKIN, SOAKED, STRETCHED OVER THE UPPER END AND HELD BY WOODEN PEGS." FROM CARD: "167,499-B. LONG DRUM (N'GOMA) OF THE MASHONAS. SHELL, A HOLLOW LOG ROUGHLY WORKED, BASE CUT TO FORM THREE FEET; HEAD, OF SKIN, SOAKED, STRETCHED OVER THE UPPER END AND HELD BY WOODEN PEGS. HEIGHT, 45 1/2 INCHES. MASHONALAND, SOUTH AFRICA. 167,499. COLLECTED, 1892, BY W. HARVEY BROWN."
label: Record Last Modified
content: 16 Nov 2016
label: Specimen Count
content: 1
place: label: Place
content: Mashonaland, Zimbabwe, Africa
topic: label: Topic
content: Ethnology
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content: Anthropology
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: NMNH - Anthropology Dept.
identifier: label: Accession Number
content: 027184
label: USNM Number
content: E167499-0
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Drum
physicalDescription: label: Height - Object
content: 115.6 cm