Dublin Core
Title
drum
Identifier
Subject
Yoruba Ogboni
Description
Carved wooden drum with skin missing. Bottom filled with fibre (? muffle). Decorated with carved human and animal figures. Used in sending messages and in summoning people together. Willett states that: 'this drum is from an Ogboni house carved in the style of Osi Ekiti District'.
Date
Early: 1800 Late: 1900
Relation
wood vegetable.fibre
Format
H: 1130 mm
Coverage
Africa Nigeria NE Ekiti.District Osi ( Oyo or Ogbomosho )