Description (Physical description)
Wooden drum, opening at top, handle one end.

Event Date
Author: maa

Description (Labels & Markings)
Written on side in pencil: '362'
Event Date
Author: Katrina Dring

Description (Labels & Markings)
Thomas label adhered to drum reads: '452 | 362 / Enugu / Drum (EKWE) / Wood, opening on top, handle one end.'
Event Date
Author: Katrina Dring

Context (Related Documents)
See E 1910.118 and E 1913.3 records for further details about the Thomas Collection from Nigeria. [T.Cotterill]

Event Date 7/15/2001
Author: Katrina Dring

Context (Related Documents)
The 2nd Thomas Catalogue, p.15, notes numbers 354-376 as Enugu. [R.Hand]

Event Date 4/9/2001
Author: maa

Description (Physical description)
Large crack in wood at both ends. [A.Nadin]
Event Date 8/18/2003
Author: Katrina Dring

Context (Amendments / updates)
Record updated as part of the Museum Affordances project 2018-2020

Event Date 1/10/2018
Author: Katrina Dring

Description (Physical description)
Slit drum made from a hollowed-out cylinder of wood. The slit is wider at both ends and narrow in the middle. There is a semicircular handle at one end. There is a narrow crack at the back which seems to have been repaired with a gritty ?resin. The drum has a severe crack in each end, a piece of the handle is missing and there is evidence of historical insect damage.
Event Date 1/10/2018
Author: Katrina Dring

Description (Physical description)
Ekwe. Slit drum carved from a hollowed-out cylinder of wood. The drum has a rectangular slit all along its length, with a rectangular lip protruding into it that can be struck to make a sound. There is a semicircular handle at one end. The wood has cracked along the length of the drum.
Event Date 22/10/2021
Author: Eleanor Beestin-Sheriff