Vodoun (Vodou) Drum
date: label: Accession Date
content: 16 Mar 1961
name: label: Donor Name
content: Estate Of John O. La Gorce
notes: label: Notes
content: SPECIMEN HAS PEGS AT HEAD CHARACTERISTIC OF RADA DRUMS WHICH ARE USED TO FASTENED SKIN MEMBRANE TO SHELL. PEGS ARE NON-FUNCTIONAL IN THIS DRUM; HEAD SECURED BY HOOP AND V-SHAPED CORD LASHINGS TYPICAL OF PETRO AND CONGO DRUMS. MAHOGANY SHELL, UNPAINTED WITH CARVED OUTLINE OF TWO HANDS ON EITHER SIDE.
label: Record Last Modified
content: 31 Jul 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: 229198
label: USNM Number
content: E398812-0
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Drum