LP Oconcolo Batá Drum
date: label: Date made
content: 1999
name: label: maker
content: Latin Percussion
notes: label: Description
content: <p>This drum was made by Latin Percussion Inc. in Garfield, New Jersey, in 1999. It is a Batá Drum, Oconcolo (Small) with 5” and 6-3/4” head sizes, made of oak, with chrome fittings, and with a webbing sling. This drum is from a matched set of three bata drums, Oconcolo (2000.3030.14.01), Omele / Itolele (2000.3030.14.02), and Iyá
label: Description
content: (2000.3030.14.03). </p>
label: Description
content: <p>As indicated in an LP brochure from the period, “LP Founder and Chairman, Martin Cohen, first came across bata drums more than thirty years ago at a religious ceremony in the Bronx, New York. Traditionally Batas are ceremonial drums that are played in groups. At least three people sit, each with a different size drum, and act out "call and answer" patterns which are played on the drums.”</p>
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: place made
content: United States: New Jersey, Garfield
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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
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Transfer from Smithsonian Institution Center for Latino Initiatives (through: Dr.Refugio l. Rochin,Director)
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: 2000.3039.14.01
label: catalog number
content: 2000.3039.14.01
label: nonaccession number
content: 2000.3039
objectType: label: Object Name
content: drum
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: oak (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: metal (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: animal skin (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: webbing (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 18 1/2 in x 8 3/4 in; 46.99 cm x 22.225 cm