Waodäni Double-Headed Drum
Waodäni Double-Headed Drum
OBJ.000417
Object
Mid-1900s
Ecuador
N/A
Wood, Thread, and Animal Skin
Diameter: 7.8 in. (20 cm); H: 6.3 in. (16 cm)
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This brown double-headed drum was made and used by the Waodäni people of Amazonian Ecuador. Elisabeth and her husband Jim became missionaries in the 1950s to people living in remote regions in the Ecuadorian Amazon. After Jim’s death, Elisabeth returned as a missionary to Ecuador. This drum was kept by Elisabeth Elliot as a reminder of her time living among the tribe as a Christian missionary during the 1950s.
Created in the mid-1900s by the Waodäni people, Ecuador; Gifted to Elisabeth Elliot (1926–2015); Via death in 2015 to Lars Gren, Little Rock, Arkansas; Donated in 2020 to Museum of the Bible, Washington, DC.
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