M0017596EB: Kettle drum, West African, close up of inscription

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Photograph of the inscription carved into the side 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: M0017596EA

M0017596EB: Kettle drum, West African, close up of inscription

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