Chinese Tom Tom
date: label: date made
content: 1900-1910
notes: label: Description
content: <p>This Chinese tom-tom was made around 1900 to 1910. It has a red lacquered wooden shell with highly decorated pigskin heads attached with metal tacks .</p>
label: Description
content: <p>This Chinese tom-tom was used by William T. Armstrong (1879-1965), orchestra leader and musician in vaudeville and silent film theaters. Armstrong grew up in South River, New Jersey and began playing drums at the age of 14. He continued his musical career through the mid-1910s, after which, Armstrong began work in banking and finance. This artifact is part of a collection of drums, sound effect instruments, and other percussion instruments used by Armstrong.</p>
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
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content: Culture and the Arts: Musical Instruments
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content: Music & Musical Instruments
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content: Popular Entertainment
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content: Percussion
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Gift of Pamela A. Carlin and Evelyn A. Mark in memory of William T. Armstrong
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: 1984.0335.39
label: catalog number
content: 1984.0335.39
label: accession number
content: 1984.0335
objectType: label: Object Name
content: tom tom
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: wood (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: pigskin (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: metal (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 4 in x 10 7/8 in x 10 1/4 in; 10.16 cm x 27.6225 cm x 26.035 cm