Military Drum
date: label: date made
content: 1817-1854
notes: label: Description
content: This drum was made by an unknown maker in France, around 1817-1854. It has a brass shell with a cast brass eagle and 4 grenades, and skin heads. The wood hoops are painted red, white and blue, and drilled with 10 holes each for rope which is laced through leather ears, used to tighten the hoops. The attribution date for this drum is subject to study.
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: Percussion
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content: Military
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Bequest of Charles Bremner Hogg Jackson
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: 1980.0399.0028
label: accession number
content: 1980.0399
label: catalog number
content: 1980.0399.0028
objectType: label: Object Name
content: drum
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: metal (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: wood (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: paint (overall material)