Drum (Kou)
date: label: Accession Date
content: 1882
name: label: Collector
content: Chinese Imperial Centennial Comm
label: Donor Name
content: Chinese Centennial Commission
notes: label: Notes
content: FROM CARD: "LOANED TO THE 1876 CENTENNIAL EXHIBIT, A&I 10-2-1975. RETURNED FROM LOAN 8/30/1976." FROM CARD: "DRUM (KOU) OF THE CHINESE. SHELL, SIX SEGMENTS OF HEAVY WOOD; BASE, HELD BY A BRASS HOOP, THE INSIDE FLARED LIKE THE BELL OF A TRUMPET; HEAD, OF PIGSKIN, SOAKED, STRETCHED OVER THE MOUTH AND NAILED. USED BY BUDDHIST PRIEST IN RELIGIOUS CEREMONY. HEIGHT, 2 3/8 INCHES; DIAMETER, 11 1/2 INCHES. SHANGHAI, CHINA, 1876. 54,043. COLLECTED BY THE CHINESE IMPERIAL CENTENNIAL COMMISSION."
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: E54043-0
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Drum
physicalDescription: label: Height - Object
content: 6.032 cm
label: Diameter - Object
content: 29.2 cm