Accession book entry: : 1899. Feb. G. F. LAWRENCE. - Carapase & plastron of tortoise with cane-work loop, said to be used as a kind of drum, Benin, W. Africa. 8/9.; Accession book entry: : [added] - pd. M. M. fund May 1901.; Card Catalogue entry: : S. NIGERIA, BENIN Carapace and plastron of tortoise with cane-work loop, said to be used as a kind of a drum. Bought from G.F. Lawrence, London, Feb. 1899.; Pitt Rivers Museum label: : AFRICA, NIGERIA, BENIN Drum Purch. George Fabian Lawrence 1899 1899.70.2 [JID 7/1/2020]; Written on object: : BENIN, W. AFRICA. Purch: 1899.70.2 [JID 7/1/2020]; Related Documents File: : [photocopy with image and caption] - Fig: 185. A primitivemusical instrument made from the shell of the land tortoise ? gabute ? feetudo ? tabulata ? schopf. On the one opening some wax is stuck; the performer beats this and shakes it with his hand, which causes it to give out a sound resembling the mournful croaking of toads. ? Bis ? fiquie, ? fuka ? [intelligible]. "drei jahren unter der Indianern" by ? Koch [illegible]. Page 304 [JID 7/1/2020]