Small Kettle Drums, A Pair
date: label: Accession Date
content: 23 Feb 1894
name: label: Donor Name
content: World Columbian Exposition
notes: label: Notes
content: From card: "Two shells of conical form made from blocks of wood and lashed together side by side, each has a raw hide head stretched over a flesh hoop of twisted thongs and laced with a strip from head to a raw hide ring made of thongs around the base. A pair of rattan drumsticks with round hoop shaped heads wound with strips of cloth. The larger drum has a shield, a ring shaped piece put over the head. Its margin is an inch wide. There is also a circular piece of raw hide which can be slipped under the shield to protect the head." From Musical Instrument Division card: "Two shells of conoidal form made from blocks of wood and lashed together side by side, each has a raw hide head stretched over a flesh hoop of twisted thongs and laced with a strop from head to a raw hide ring made of thongs around hoop shaped heads wound with strips of cloth. The larger drum has a shield, a ring shaped piece put over the head. Its margin is an inch wide. There is also a circular piece of raw hide which can be slipped under the shield to protect the head."
label: Record Last Modified
content: 4 Apr 2024
label: Specimen Count
content: 4
place: label: Place
content: Sri Lanka, Asia
topic: label: Topic
content: Ethnology
culture: label: Culture
content: Sinhalese
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content: Anthropology
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: NMNH - Anthropology Dept.
identifier: label: Accession Number
content: 027839
label: USNM Number
content: E95710-0
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Drum / Drumstick