Vodoun (Vodou) Drum "Petro"
date: label: Accession Date
content: 3 Aug 1939
name: label: Donor Name
content: United States Marine Corps
notes: label: Notes
content: SOLID HOLLOW CYLINDRICAL BODY SHARPLY CONICAL AT BASE. GOATSKIN DRUMHEAD SECURED OVER SHELL BY LASHING STRETCHED ENDS OF THE SKIN TO BODY OF DRUM. PAINTED BLUE. PETRO DRUMS ARE DISTINGUISHED FROM THE RADA BATTERY BY SHAPE AND MANNER IN WHICH HEAD IS FASTENED. IN MANY VODOU CENTERS THEY ARE HUNG IN A SEPARATE PERISTYLE USED TO CONDUCT PETRO RITES.
label: Record Last Modified
content: 26 Sep 2023
label: Specimen Count
content: 1
place: label: Place
content: Hinche, Artibonite Province, 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: 153259
label: USNM Number
content: E380473-0
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Drum