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Actions Displays	Details Remove from selection Add to selection Object number IPSMG:R.1950.210.14 Institution name Ipswich Collections Object name drum Description Drum made of carved wood with an integral handle. Open at the base and covered with a reptile skin membrane at the top. A large crack runs vertically along the whole length. Donated by Miss D. E. M. Mathew, collected by Captain G. F. Mathew R.N. (Paymaster in Chief) F.Z.S. F.R.G.S. Stuck-on handwritten label: '1950.210.14 Mathew' and number maked on in white ink. According to the register these objects were collected from New Guinea, Samoa, Solomon Islands and Fiji between 1881 and 1883. Production place Melanesia, New Guinea, Papua New Guinea, South East Production period 19th Century, late Material wood, reptile skin Tags Comments Add tag(s) Add comment

Object number

IPSMG:R.1950.210.14
Institution name

Ipswich Collections
Object name

drum
Description

Drum made of carved wood with an integral handle. Open at the base and covered with a reptile skin membrane at the top. A large crack runs vertically along the whole length. Donated by Miss D. E. M. Mathew, collected by Captain G. F. Mathew R.N. (Paymaster in Chief) F.Z.S. F.R.G.S. Stuck-on handwritten label: '1950.210.14 Mathew' and number maked on in white ink. According to the register these objects were collected from New Guinea, Samoa, Solomon Islands and Fiji between 1881 and 1883.
Production place

Melanesia, New Guinea, Papua New Guinea, South East
Production period

19th Century, late
Material

wood, reptile skin

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