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Afrika, Zambia |
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"Batwa use both small and large drums. I want to start by describing the larger battle and then choose as a type example the large batwat drum (hg. 169) in my collection, which has been left to the Na...
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"Batwa use both small and large drums. I want to start by describing the larger battle and then choose as a type example the large batwat drum (hg. 169) in my collection, which has been left to the National Museum. This drum, like most drums in Central Africa, consists of a tubular hollowed-out wooden log, over one of whose mouths a Varanus skin has been stretched. The cross section of the drumstick is approximately circular; at the top it has a slightly more oval shape. The lower half of the log is cylindrical and rests on one foot in the form of an inverted truncated cone with a slightly outwardly curved side. The cylindrical part of the drumstick has a diameter of 15.5 cm. and the foot diameter is 25 cm. Upwards, the drumstick swells out to a width of 30 cm, but tapers slightly again towards the mouth. This is of oval shape and measures 27 cm. in length and 23 cm. in width. Fig. 170 shows the longitudinal section of this drum. The hollow is so skilfully made that of the original wooden log only a shell of 3—3.5 cm thick remains. I have previously pointed out that the swamp people, when they erode canoes, do not use fire for this purpose, as they consider that the wood in a canoe that is burnt out is easily exposed to cracking. In the manufacture of drumsticks, however, batwa use fire to facilitate the work; a crack in a drum log means little, as a crack in a canoe makes it virtually incapable. In addition, since the drumstick is made in one piece and is not joined by two hollowed-out halves of a longitudinally split log, the work of eroding the drumstick would take an unreasonably long time, unless the fire was used. The outside of the drumstick is also treated with fire (scorch), so that the wood becomes resistant to rot. A wooden button has been cut out near the upper mouth of the drumstick. Through this button a hole is arranged in the horizontal direction, in the manner shown in Fig. 169. On the foot vertically below the button, two holes are drilled next to each other. A carrying strap has been fastened with one end in the button, the other end has been threaded through the holes in the foot and tied there." (pp. 258-259, von Rosen, 1916, translated from Swedish).
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Insamlad av Rosen, Eric von.
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Brukad av Twa.
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Ursprung i Zambia, Afrika.
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Förvärvad 1912 .
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Utställd 1913-02-04 - i Konstakademien, Stockholm av Rhodesia-Kongo-Expeditionens utställning.
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- wood
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- läder-skinn-päls
- trä
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1912.06.0295
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Batwa
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Eric von Rosen
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Kap till Kairo
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Kap-Kairo-expeditionen
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Konst (530)
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Musikinstrument (534)
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Twa
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WHMZ
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von Rosen, Eric
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Statens museer för världskultur - Etnografiska museet |
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