Malay Drums (Klong Khekor Khek Or Klaung Kaak)
date: label: Accession Date
content: 1876
name: label: Donor Name
content: Philadelphia Centennial International Exhibition, Royal Siamese Commission
notes: label: Notes
content: FROM CARD: "THE CATALOGUE GIVES THIS THE NAME TA:P'OHN WHICH IS NOT CORRECT. SEE SIAMESE NOTES P1. 18 AND 19. THE SHELL IS BARREL SHAPED AND LARGER AT ONE END THAN AT THE OTHER. TWO RAWHIDE HEADS STRETCHED OVER HEAVY FLESH HOOPS AND LACED BACK AND FORTH WITH SPLIT RATTAN. THE SHELL IS PAINTED RED AND STENCILED WITH GILT DESIGNS. IT HAS TWO STAPLES TO SUSPEND IT BY. THE CATALOGUE CALLS FOR ONLY ONE DRUM. THIS IS ONE NO. 27,317 IN THIS COLLECTION AND ONE GIVEN TO MRS. BROWN. LOANED TO THE S.I. CENTENNIAL COMM., A&I, 12-16-75. RETURNED FEB 16 1995."
label: Notes
content: SI ARCHIVE DISTRIBUTION DOCUMENTS SAY SENT TO MRS. J C BROWN. 1887.
label: Notes
content: Described in Taylor, Paul & William Bradford Smith, 2017. Instruments of Diplomacy: 19th Century Musical Instruments in the Smithsonian Collection of Thai Royal Gifts. In The Journal of the Siam Society. 105: 245-272. Described on page 256, with photo on page 258 (fig 9, with incorrect catalog number 27315).
label: Record Last Modified
content: 21 Dec 2018
label: Specimen Count
content: 2
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: E27317-0
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Drum