Drum (Kou)
date: label: Accession Date
content: 1882
name: label: Donor Name
content: Chinese Centennial Commission
notes: label: Notes
content: FROM CARD: "A DOUBLE HEADED DRUM, FLAT, COVERED WITH PIG SKIN. SAID TO BE USED BY BUDDHIST PRIESTS IN THEIR RELIGIOUS CEREMONIES. SHELL CASK-SHAPED, BUILT UP AND PAINTED RED, WITH BRASS RINGS FOR SUSPENSION. HEADS OF PIGSKIN, SOAKED, STRETCHED ACROSS THE ENDS OF THE SHELL AND FASTENED WITH BRASS-HEADED NAILS. PHOTO ON DRUM CARD 9."
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: E54047-0
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Drum