Owner: HWMC
Catalog#: AF-MBST-040-14

Provenance: University Museum Deaccession papers: Collected by Quaker  missionaries in Kenya during the  1920s

Single-headed Drums

Uganda Snakeskin Drum

Uganda
Ugandan

Wood, leather, snakeskin
Early 20th Century
Height: 24 inches; Drum head Diameter: 7 inches
Membranophone – Struck (Directly) – Single Headed

This Uganda drum was collected by Quaker missionaries in Kenya during the 1920s. It has a leather strap for carrying.  The snakeskin drum head is still in tact.

 

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