Ceremonial Drum
A987
From: Sri Lanka
Curatorial Section: Asian
| Object Number | A987 |
| Current Location | Collections Storage |
| Culture | Sinhalese |
| Provenience | Sri Lanka |
| Section | Asian |
| Materials | Wood | Skin |
| Description | Double conical shaped ceremonial drum, painted with large green, yellow stripes, small yellow, orange and black stripes with decorative scrolls. Two heads laced together with hide thongs stretching across body. Skins are very dry, one head intact, other is badly damaged, paint is smudged and several thongs are broken. |
| Credit Line | Purchased at the Louisiana Purchase Exposition / St. Louis World's Fair; subscription of Mrs. Sarah (William D.) Frishmuth, 1905 |
| Other Number | M-74 - Seder Number |
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