M0017596EA: Inscription on the side of a wooden drum, West African

Previous title, replaced October 2020: Kettle drum, West African, with drum stick

Photograph of a wooden drum with hide membrane and a beater covered in snakeskin. It was purchased by the Wellcome Historical Medical Museum in 1930 and given accession number A170242. It was transferred to the Fowler Museum at the University of California, Los Angeles, in 1966. Related images: M0017596EB

October 1959

1 photograph glass plate negative; 10.2 x 12.7 cm

Wellcome Collection holds the accession index card for the item: A170242

Copyright is held by Wellcome Collection

Catalogue data comes from a combination of entries in the original glass plate registers, metadata created when the glass plates were digitised in the early 2000s and enhancements made by the cataloguer in 2022.

Please consult the digitised version as this item is fragile. Email library@wellcomecollection.org to request access to the physical item.