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.