Url
	https://omeka-s.grinnell.edu/s/MusicalInstruments/item/3449
Resource class
	wmi:MusicalInstrument
Title
	West African drum
Subject
	211.211.1
Contributor
	Roger Vetter
Format
	41.6 in. height
7.7 in. diameter of head
7.5 in. diameter of base
Identifier
	7150
Source
	West Africa
Language
	EN
Coverage
	Liberia or Cote d'Ivoire
Medium
	wood
	membrane - mammal skin
	lacing - rawhide
Requires
	one
Is Part Of
	Grinnell College Music Instrument Collection
Spatial Coverage
	Africa
Provenance
	Ronald Kurtz collection, gifted in 2018 to the GC Anthropology Department
Number of drums comprising instrument for membranophone
	single drum
Shell design for membranophone
	tubular - cylindrical
Number and function of membranes for membranophone
	one, for sounding
Membrane design for membranophone
	framed with rigid flesh hoop
Membrane attachment for membranophone
	framed membrane hoop connected, by lacing, to pegs protruding from shell
Membrane tension control for membranophone
	adjusting depth of pegs in shell
Sounding for membranophone
	striking directly with both hands
Sound modifiers for membranophone
	none
Category of Instrument
	membranophone

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