Hollowed trunk of Palm Tree

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Locally known as a 'Tubl' (literally Arabic for drum). It was made by a local carpenter & is used only in Rostaq & the mountainous region of the Jebel Akhdhar S.W. of Rostaq. End pieces normally made from the stub ends of date palm fronds.

Category 1

  • Material
    Date palm trunk & fronds
  • Size
    82.0cm x 35.0cm Diam of opening 21.0cm
  • Origin
    Oman
  • Period
    1977

Category 2

  • Reference Number
    ECT_05_0B79_007
  • Thematic Catalogue
    5: Hives – various
  • Keywords
    Hives, fixed comb, cork & bark

Category 3

  • Added To Collection
    1979
  • Donor
    Dr. R. W. Dutton
  • Curator
    Dr. E. Crane