Drum (Klaung Ch'A:Na) Or (Klong Yai)
date: label: Accession Date
content: 1876
name: label: Donor Name
content: Philadelphia Centennial International Exhibition, Royal Siamese Commission
notes: label: Notes
content: FROM CARD: "ALSO CATALOGUED UNDER 54,158." FROM CARD: "ROYAL DRUM (KLAUNG CH'A NA) OF THE SIAMESE. SHELL, TURNED FROM A BLOCK OF WOOD, CASK-SHAPED, IN THE MIDDLE THERE IS A BRASS STAPE FOR SUSPENSION; HEADS, OF SKIN, SOAKED, STRETCHED OVER THE ENDS AND PEGGED. ONE HEAD HAS A CIRCULAR PATCH OF BLACK IN THE CENTER, CAUSING A DEEPER TONE. TUNED BY PLACING A HANDFUL OF BOILED RICE ON THE BOTTOM HEAD. WHEN PLAYED IT IS TILTED LIKE THE SNARE DRUM AND PLAYED WITH STICKS ON THE HEAD, HAVING A CIRCULAR PATCH OF CEMENT. HEIGHT, 20 INCHES; DIAMETER, 18 1/2 INCHES.BANGKOK, SIAM. 27,257. GIFT OF THE KING OF SIAM."
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. 122
label: Record Last Modified
content: 12 Mar 2018
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: E27257-0
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Drum
physicalDescription: label: Height - Object
content: 51 cm
label: Diameter - Object
content: 47 cm