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Preview image of work. wood, cloth/fiber, bells, leather/hide,  Talking Drum or Mother Drum (Iya Ilu Dundun?) 28308

2014.31.26

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Talking Drum or Mother Drum (Iya Ilu Dundun?)

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Artists

Artist Unidentified (Yorùbá) [formerly attributed to Artist Unidentified (Nigerian)];

Title

Talking Drum or Mother Drum (Iya Ilu Dundun?)

Creation Date

1900-1961

Century

20th century

Dimensions

21 x 10 in. (53.34 x 25.4 cm)

Object Type

musical instrument

Creation Place

West Africa, Nigeria

Medium and Support

wood, cloth/fiber, bells, leather/hide

Credit Line

Gift of Dorothy A. Hassfeld made in memory of the Otun Shoun, Chief N.D. Oyerinde, OBE

Copyright

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Accession Number

2014.31.26

Object Description

Donor's Notes (Transcribed by Curator, Joachim Homann):
-Purchased in Ogbomoso 1961-4 with help of Professor Nathaniel Daniel Oyerinde, trained in the Baptist College, an elected chief. His family remained Christian in spite of political turmoil.
-Dundun ensemble: Generally the drums of each ensemble can be categorized into two: Iya ilu (the mother drums); Omele (the baby drums). The iya ilu leads the whole ensemble. It leads the talk, dictates the pace, determines the song etc..