Bomba Drum
date: label: date made
content: ca 1954
notes: label: Description
content: This wooden-cask drum was used to play bomba, one of the oldest forms of music in Puerto Rico. One end of the drum is covered in animal skin with a fur fringe. This is held in place by a wooden band that is tensioned with fiber ropes hooked on four wooden pegs driven into the sides. Bomba was created on the plantations of Puerto Rico by enslaved Africans and their descendants in the 1680s. Like the Cuban rumba, bomba must include dance in its performance, reflecting its west African musical origins. Bomba ensembles usually feature three differently pitched drums and a single maraca.
place: label: Place Made
content: Puerto Rico: San Juan, San Juan
label: location where used
content: Puerto Rico
title: label: Title (Spanish)
content: Barril de Bomba
topic: label: general subject association
content: Music
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content: Culture and the Arts: Musical Instruments
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content: Music & Musical Instruments
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content: Cultures & Communities
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content: Artifact Walls exhibit
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content: Many Voices, One Nation
label: Exhibition
content: Many Voices, One Nation
label: Exhibition Location
content: National Museum of American History
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Gift of Rafael Cepeda Atiles
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: 1983.0686.01
label: accession number
content: 1983.0686
label: catalog number
content: 1983.0686.01
objectType: label: Object Name
content: drum
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: goatskin (hide material)
label: Physical Description
content: iron (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: paint (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: wood (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 26 cm x 26 cm x 6.5 cm; 10 1/4 in x 10 1/4 in x 2 9/16 in