Hand Drum (Thone Or T'One)
date: label: Accession Date
content: 1876
name: label: Donor Name
content: Philadelphia Centennial International Exhibition, Royal Siamese Commission
notes: label: Notes
content: FROM CARD: "CENT. EX. ILLUS. IN BULL. 136, USNM, PL. 25-B, P. 138." FROM CARD: "DRUM (THONE) OF THE SIAMESE. SHELL, VASE-SHAPE, GILDED AND INCRUSTED WITH BITS OF GLASS; HEAD, OF SNAKE SKIN, STRETCHED ACROSS THE LARGE END, TIGHTENED BY A LACING OF FINE SPLIT RATTAN. BEATEN WITH THE FINGERS AND THE PALMS OF BOTH HANDS. HEIGHT, 13 1/2 INCHES. BANGKOK, SIAM. 27,307. COLLECTED BY JOHN HALDERMAN [sic]. NEG. NO. 40052-M. KING OF SIAM." FROM CARD: "INVENTORIED 1974. THE SIAMESE DARABOUKA OR VASE DRUM. THE SHELL HAS THE FORM OF AN INVERTED BOTTLE VASE; THE HEAD FORMING THE BOTTOM. IT HAS ONE HEAD OF SNAKE SKIN STRETCHED OVER THE LARGER END OF SHELL WITHOUT A HOOP. IT IS CLOSELY LACED WITH SPLIT RATTEN TO SLENDER RATTAN HOOP AROUND THE SHOULDERS. THE SHELL IS GILDED AND DECORATED WITH SMALL PIECES OF STAINED GLASS AND MIRROR GLASS FAIRLY ENCRUSTING THE SURFACE. IT IS STRUCK WITH THE FINGERS AND PALMS OF BOTH HANDS. ILLUS. IN BULLETIN 136, USNM, PL. 25-B, P. 136 (138)."
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. 128
label: Notes
content: Illus. Fig. 3 p. 115 in Taylor, Paul Michael and Snitwongse, Supamas. 2022. "Plaited Arts and Royal Patronage in Thailand." Arts of Asia, 52, (4) 114–126 (Autumn 2022). Identified there as a hand drum (Thon mahori).
label: Record Last Modified
content: 4 Oct 2022
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: E27307-0
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Drum
physicalDescription: label: Height - Object
content: 34.3 cm
label: Height - Object
content: 34 cm
label: Diameter - Object
content: 23 cm