Drum (Dholaka)
name: label: Collector
content: Rajah Sourindro M. Tagore
label: Donor Name
content: Accession Number Unknown
notes: label: Notes
content: FROM CARD: "ILLUS. IN BULL. 136, USNM, PL. 24-C, P. 137. A DRUM; FRAME COVERED WITH MAROON VELVET. "THE METHOD OF PLAYING THESE INSTRUMENTS IS CURIOUS. THEY ARE STRUCK WITH THE FINGERS AND PALMS OF BOTH HANDS, AND IT IS SURPRISING WHAT VARIETY OF MEASURES AND CHANGES OF THE SAME MEASURE EXPERT PLAYERS CAN PRODUCE." -TAGORE. DRUMS OF THIS DESCRIPTION ARE USED IN CONNECTION WITH THE SARANGI IN ACCOMPANYING THE VOICES OF THE HINDOO [Hindu] DANCING GIRLS."
label: Record Last Modified
content: 21 Apr 2025
label: Specimen Count
content: 1
place: label: Place
content: Bengal, India, Asia
topic: label: Topic
content: Ethnology
culture: label: Culture
content: Bengali
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content: Anthropology
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: NMNH - Anthropology Dept.
identifier: label: Accession Number
content: 000000
label: USNM Number
content: E54070-0
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Drum