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Funeral Drum (Sato)

possibly 1900–1940

Wood, pigment, and leather

58 × 23 × 23 in. (147.32 × 58.42 × 58.42 cm)
Gift of Edith Drucker
1974.98.1
Geography: 
Made in Republic of Benin
Status: 
Not on view
Culture: 
possibly Fon, Popp, or Egun
Period: 
20th century
Classification: 
Musical Instruments
Provenance: 

Gift of Edith Drucker to Yale University Art Gallery, 1974

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