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Description: | Tbila, pair of single membrane vessel drums. Shells of pottery covered in white glaze with green patterns. Both taper almost to a point at the bottom, with the lower ends terminating in a small, round unglazed faces, each with a narrow round hole near its centre. At the top, each shell expands to a shoulder then curves inwards to form a rounded rim. Hide membranes cover the curved top surfaces and reach almost to the shoulder. They are tensioned by hide laces, which are cross laced around the bodies and are attached to hoops near the bottoms. The drums are connected by three wider hide laces. Two of these are incorporated into the cross-lacing near the edge of the membrane. The third is attached to the lower hoops. | Publisher: | http://www.horniman.ac.uk/ | Subjects: | hide kettledrums ceramic | Source: | Horniman Museum | Identifier: | oai:oai.horniman.ac.uk:object-12561 |
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