Hand Drum (Shou Ku Or Cheou Kou)
date: label: Accession Date
content: 1882
name: label: Donor Name
content: Chinese Centennial Commission
notes: label: Notes
content: FROM CARD: "A DOUBLE HEADED DRUM, FLAT, COVERED WITH PIG SKIN. SAID TO BE USED BY BUDDHIST PRIESTS IN THEIR RELIGIOUS CEREMONIES. SHELL, BUILT UP OF WOODEN BLOCKS THE ENDS BEVELED SO THAT THE THICKEST PORTION ONE-THIRD HEIGHT; HEADS OF PIGSKIN, SOAKED STRETCHED ACROSS THE ENDS OF THE SHELL AND FASTENED WITH IRON NAILS. AUTHORITY FOR A. C. MOULE IN N. CHINA BR. OF THE ROY. ASIATIC SOC. 1908, P. 53, 5. (1)."
label: Record Last Modified
content: 14 Nov 2016
label: Specimen Count
content: 1
place: label: Place
content: China, Asia
topic: label: Topic
content: Ethnology
culture: label: Culture
content: Chinese
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content: Anthropology
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: NMNH - Anthropology Dept.
identifier: label: Accession Number
content: 005892
label: USNM Number
content: E54045-0
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Drum