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Slit drum
Artist:
Samoa
Date: 1892-93
Medium: Wood
Classification: Sound Devices
Credit Line: Museum Collection
Object number: 1994.17.58 LA
Description"The small hand gong (pate) is the smallest of the gongs. The inside follows the elliptical section of the wood. The narrow longitudinal opening being along one end of the ellipse, the hollowing stops a little way from the ends, which are also slightly hollowed out from the outside. Different notes which the musician utilizes are thus produced by beating over the middle and over the ends." (Buck p. 576)
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