Context (Field collection)
Source: J.O. Beven Collection [previously misspelt 'Bevan']
Event Date
Author: maa

Description (Physical description)
Wooden drum covered with zebra skin made and used by the Watende of S. Kavirondo on the Kenya-Tangayika boundary.
Event Date
Author: maa

Description (Physical description)
Catalogue card for 1931.137: 'Wooden drum covered with zebra skin made and used by the Watende of S. Kavirondo, on the Kenya-Tanganyika boundary.'
Event Date
Author: Mark Elliott

Description (Physical description)
Accession Register entry for 1931.137: ‘Wooden drum covered with zebra hide. Watende tribe. S. Kavirondo. J.O. Bevan Collect. cf. card.’
Event Date 1931
Author: Mark Elliott

Context (Display)
Exhibited: On display in the Maudslay gallery between 20 April 2022 and 17 April 2023.
Event Date 20/04/2022
Author: Lucie Carreau

Description (Physical description)
Wooden, double-ended barrel-shaped drum. Both ends are covered with zebra hide with the fur still largely present. The two pieces of hide are connected around the middle of the drum with straight lacing made from thin strips of zebra hide.
Event Date 29/3/2022
Author: Eleanor Beestin-Sheriff

Conservation (Pest Debris Removed)
CON.2022.5300 | Pest Debris Removed
Event Date 30/3/2022
Author: Ayesha Fuentes

Context (Amendments / updates)
The Cultural Group field previously recorded 'Watende; Kavirondo', reproducing the entry in the accession register. 'Kavirondo' is an obselete term for a group of peoples living in southern Uganda, southwestern Kenya and northern Tanzania. 'Watende' is a name for the Kuria people whose homeland lies across the Tanzania and Kenya border to the east of Lake Victoria. The Cultural Group field has been updated.
Event Date 5/4/2022
Author: Mark Elliott

Context (Amendments / updates)
The place of origin was previously recorded as 'Chepalunga forest area.' The Chepalungu Forest Reserve is in Bomet County, Kenya. There is nothing on the catalogue card or in the accession register to support this attribution and it has therefore been amended.
Event Date 5/4/2022
Author: Mark Elliott

Conservation (Freezing)
CON.2022.5397 | Freezing
Event Date 15/6/2022
Author: Ayesha Fuentes

Conservation (Freezing)
CON.2023.5787 | Freezing
Event Date 18/10/2023
Author: Ayesha Fuentes