Drum | Yale University Art Gallery

early to mid-20th century

Medium: Wood, hide, and string
Dimensions: 22 × 6 1/2 × 6 3/4 in. (55.88 × 16.51 × 17.145 cm)
Credit Line: Gift of Eli H. Newberger, B.A. 1962, M.D. 1966, and Carolyn Moore Newberger
Accession Number: 1993.101.1
Geography: Sahel, Mali
Culture: Dogon
Period: 20th century
Classification: Musical Instruments
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Provenance

Gift of Carolyn Moore Newberger to Yale University Art Gallery, 1993

Bibliography

"Acquisitions and Gifts 1993," in "An Obsession with Fortune: Tyche in Greek and Roman Art," special issue, Yale University Art Gallery Bulletin (1994), 178

Object copyright

Additional information

Object/Work type

drums (membranophones), figures (representations)

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