Drum

51-46-157

From: Japan

Curatorial Section: Asian

Object Number 51-46-157
Current Location Collections Storage
Culture Japanese
Provenience Japan
Section Asian
Materials Wood | Skin
Technique Lacquered
Description

Wood. Hour glass shape. Double headed hourglass drum with lacquered gold and black leaf designs on body. Two skin heads extending over the body are attached to each other by an orange cord. A cord is wound around the others at the center of the drum which pulls them together. One head is ripped through, lacquer peeling in some places.

Credit Line Gift of the Philadelphia Museum of Art, 1951
Other Number 276H (1908) (PMA) - Philadelphia Museum of Art Number | L-238-157 - Old Loan Number | M-379 - Seder Number

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