Drum "Taiko"
date: label: Accession Date
content: 22 Sep 1888
label: Collection Date
content: 1888
name: label: Donor Name
content: First Japanese Trading Company
notes: label: Notes
content: From Card: "From the Temple of Todaiji of Nara Province, of Jamato, Japan [Chuang-su Houchins corrects the name to Yamato, Japan. Feb 2004]" Second card says "Temple Drum (Taiko) of the Japanese. Shell, of wood covered with paper and lacquered, larger in the middle than at the ends; ring staples for suspension; heads, of skin soaked and stretched across the ends and nailed, and decorated with figures of dragons. Drumsticks with lacquered handle and oval head. Height 12 1/2 inches. Yamato, Japan."
label: Record Last Modified
content: 28 Jul 2023
label: Specimen Count
content: 1
place: label: Place
content: Yamato, Nara Province, Japan, Asia
topic: label: Topic
content: Ethnology
culture: label: Culture
content: Japanese
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content: Anthropology
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: NMNH - Anthropology Dept.
identifier: label: Accession Number
content: 021178
label: USNM Number
content: E94658-0
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Drum