Drum (ntan)
- Culture
- Fante artist
- Date
- early 20th century
- Material
- Wood, hide, pigment, metal, wire
- Classification
- Musical instruments, sculpture
- Collection
- Arts of Africa, Oceania, and the Americas
- Current Location
- Not on view
- Dimensions
- height: 42 in. (106.7 cm)
circumference at widest point: 20 in. (50.8 cm)
diameter at top and bottom: 11 in. (27.9 cm) - Credit Line
- Gift of Leah Ward Sears and Haskell Sears Ward
- Rights
- Public Domain
- Object Number
- 60:2021a-k
Provenance
Juanita St. John (1931–2014), Los Angeles, CA, USA
by 1996 - 2021
Haskell Sears Ward, Atlanta, GA, purchased from Juanita St. John [1]
2021 -
Saint Louis Art Museum, given by Leah Ward Sears and Haskell Sears Ward [2]
Notes:
[1] During telephone conversations with Nichole Bridges on October 29 and December 1, 2020, Haskell Ward stated he purchased the drum from Juanita St. John of Los Angeles before 1996 [notes of conversations in SLAM document files].
[2] Minutes of the Collections Committee of the Board of Trustees, Saint Louis Art Museum, May 3, 2021.
by 1996 - 2021
Haskell Sears Ward, Atlanta, GA, purchased from Juanita St. John [1]
2021 -
Saint Louis Art Museum, given by Leah Ward Sears and Haskell Sears Ward [2]
Notes:
[1] During telephone conversations with Nichole Bridges on October 29 and December 1, 2020, Haskell Ward stated he purchased the drum from Juanita St. John of Los Angeles before 1996 [notes of conversations in SLAM document files].
[2] Minutes of the Collections Committee of the Board of Trustees, Saint Louis Art Museum, May 3, 2021.
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