Accession No
Z 14510 D
Description
A partially shaped, straight stick used with slit drum. The stick is narrowed towards the end and there is a groove cut around the circumference at the handle. There are deep cracks along the length. A piece of fibre is tied to the groove.
Place
Africa; West Africa; Sierra Leone; Northern Province
Period
Source
Thomas, Northcote Whitridge [field collector]
Department
Anth
Reference Numbers
Z 14510 D; MAA: AR 1916.198; E 1916.146; 150 [Museum no.]; 83 [Thomas Coll.]
Cultural Affliation
Timne
Material
Cane; Plant
Local Term
Measurements
20mm x 20mm x 355mm
Events
Context (Related Documents)
(bio) N.W. Thomas, MA, Trinity College, Government Ethnologist, South Nigeria and later, Sierra Leone
Part of the 1916.146 (AR 1916.198) N.W. Thomas Ethnological Collection, Sierra Leone. Collected for the museum in 1914. This collection now bears Z numbers. Z 14434 - Z 14587 and Z 20479
See E 1916.146 record for further notes on this collection.
Event Date
Author: Katrina Dring
Description (Physical description)
Bamboo musical instrument.
[note in different handwriting] Three [two crossed out] bamboo musical instruments. Also two sticks.
One is labelled 'Musical instrument beaten when circumcision boys are walking'.
Event Date
Author: Katrina Dring
Description (Physical description)
A partially shaped, straight stick used with slit drum. The stick is narrowed towards the end and there is a groove cut around the circumference at the handle. There are deep cracks along the length. A piece of fibre is tied to the groove.
Event Date 9/8/2018
Author: Katrina Dring
FM:280892
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