Royal Wooden Drum. "Klong Yai" Klong Cha Na
date: label: Accession Date
content: 9 Mar 1859
name: label: Donor Name
content: King Maha Mongkut
notes: label: Notes
content: FROM CARD: "BODY OF A HEAVY, SLIGHTLY CONVEX CYLINDER OF DARK WOOD, WITH A SKIN HIDE ON EACH END. THESE ARE FASTENED ON WITH A ROW OF HEAVY SILVER STUDS, EACH SEPARATELY. IN THE CENTER OF EACH HEAD IS A LARGE SPOT OF GUM, WHICH NO DOUBT SERVED TO CHANGE THE TONE. ATTACHED TO ONE SIDE IS A ROUND BRASS DISK WITH A HAND IN THE CENTER HOLDING A RING FOR SUSPENSION. AT ONE TIME, WHEN DR. [Edwin H.] HAWLEY STUDIED THE COLLECTION, THIS ITEM WAS NOT IDENTIFIED, DUE TO LACK OF THIS ORIG. CAT. NO."
label: Notes
content: Illustrated and described in McQuail, Lisa. 1997. "Treasures of Two Nations: Thai Royal Gifts to the United States of America" Smithsonian Institution. p. 122
label: Record Last Modified
content: 21 Apr 2025
label: Specimen Count
content: 1
place: label: Place
content: Thailand, Asia
topic: label: Topic
content: Ethnology
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content: Anthropology
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: NMNH - Anthropology Dept.
identifier: label: Accession Number
content: 266032
label: USNM Number
content: E68-0
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Drum