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A LARGE DRUM
Perhaps Bembe
Of rounded tapered form on pierced base with seven curved supports on flared and fluted foot, deeply carved ornament painted reddish brown and white, the hide membrane retained with wood pegs; with two drumsticks
46¼in. (117.5cm.) high (3)
Exhibited
The New York World's Fair, 1939

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