Slit Drum

Yangere people, or Lobala people, Central African Republic, and Northern Democratic Republic of the Congo, African

Late 19th or early 20th century

  • Titles Slit Drum (Descriptive)
  • Artist or, Lobala people
  • Medium wood
  • Dimensions 20 x 16 1/2 x 85 in. (50.8 x 41.9 x 215.9 cm)
  • Credit Line Partial gift of Ellen and Fred Elsas to the Art Fund, Inc. at the Birmingham Museum of Art; Museum purchase, by exchange, 2011.25
  • Work Type drum
  • Classification Furnishings and Equipment
  • On View

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