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American Museum Congo Expedition (1909-1915)
Asset ID
ptc-3976
Title
Slit drum, Barambo
Description
Large wooden drums (nekpokpo) were played in the chief's orchestra but they served mainly to transmit messages from one village to another. Usually resting on four legs, the drums often depict animal forms; Lang noted that this one represents a buffalo.
Materials: Wood, stain.
Agent (Role)
Gardiner, Lynton
(
Photographer
),
Lang, Herbert, 1879-1957
(
Collector
)
Date
1913 (collector), 1990 (photographed)
Artwork/Object Type
Musical instruments
Physical dimensions
L:117 W:46 H:45 (in CM)
City Town
Poko
State Province
Lower Uele
Country
Democratic Republic of the Congo
Is Part Of
African reflections : art from northeastern Zaire
,
Division of Anthropology, African Ethnographic Collection
Department Catalog Number(s)
90.1/3670
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Repository
American Museum of Natural History
Publication History
Schildkrout, Enid, Curtis A Keim, Curtis A Keim, American Museum of Natural History, and American Museum of Natural History. 1990. African Reflections : Art from Northeastern Zaire. Seattle: University of Washington Press, p. 210.
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