Drum (Song-Nah)
date: label: Accession Date
content: 1876
name: label: Donor Name
content: Philadelphia Centennial International Exhibition, Royal Siamese Commission
notes: label: Notes
content: FROM CARD: "A CYLINDRICAL SHELL. TWO PARCHMENT HEADS STRETCHED OVER TWO SLENDER HOOPS AND LACED BACK AND FORTH WITH A THONG SO CLOSE TOGETHER THAT THE BODY IS ALMOST COVERED WITH THE LACING. A DEEPER AND MORE SONOROUS TONE IS GIVEN IT BY CIRCULAR PATCHES OF BLACK CEMENT PLASTERED ON THE CENTER OF THE HEADS. THE CATALOGUE INCORRECTLY CALLS THIS DRUM KLAUNG KAAK. SIAMESE NOTES, P. 19, NO. IX. INVENTORIED 1974."
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. 127
label: Record Last Modified
content: 25 Jul 2019
label: Specimen Count
content: 1
place: label: Place
content: Thailand, Asia
topic: label: Topic
content: Ethnology
culture: label: Culture
content: Siamese
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content: Anthropology
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: NMNH - Anthropology Dept.
identifier: label: Accession Number
content: 005318
label: USNM Number
content: E27315-0
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Drum