Taiko
Object type: Taiko
Department: Musical Instruments
Culture: Japanese
Artist: Nambuya Keikichi, Tokyo, Asakuja, Kamejima-cho
Artist role: Maker
Artist nationality: Japanese
Date: 19th century
Medium: Wood, hide, metal
Dimensions: L.: 15.5 cm (6-1/16 in.); Diam. at widest: 25.3 cm (9-15/16 in.);  Diam. of Heads: 35 cm (13-13/16 in.)
Classification: Membranophone-double-headed / cylindrical drum
Geography:     Japan  
Credit line: The Crosby Brown Collection of Musical Instruments, 1889
Accession year: 1889