European Snare Drum
date: label: date made
content: 1775-1799
notes: label: Description
content: <p>This drum was made by an unknown maker, probably Europe in the late 18th century. It has a wood shell that is painted with two lions flanking a shield containing four six-sided stars and a Maltese cross, and skin heads. The wood hoops are painted red, white and blue and are drilled with 10 holes each for rope which is laced through leather ears. There is a crude metal mechanism (missing parts) for the gut snare. The painted shield is inscribed:</p>
label: Description
content: <p>Anno HAARLEM 1572</p>
label: Description
content: <p>The date attribution is subject to study.</p>
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: place made
content: Europe
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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: Gift of The University Museum, University of Pennsylvania (through Dr. Robert H. Dyson)
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: MI.65.0693
label: accession number
content: 1991.0406
label: catalog number
content: 65.0693
objectType: label: Object Name
content: drum
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: wood (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: paint (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: rope (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: leather (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 16 in x 17 in x 17 in; 40.64 cm x 43.18 cm x 43.18 cm