Slit Gong

Medium

Wood, leather, wax, cloth

Dimensions

H. 67.6 cm (26-5/8 in.); D. +/-39.5 cm (15-9/16 in.)

Classification

Idiophone-Struck-slit drum

Culture

Angolan

Department

Musical Instruments

Museum

Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY

Credit

The Crosby Brown Collection of Musical Instruments, 1889

Accession Number

89.4.472