Drum
51-46-4
From: India
Curatorial Section: Asian
| Native Name | Tabla |
| Object Number | 51-46-4 |
| Current Location | Collections Storage |
| Culture | Indian |
| Provenience | India |
| Date Made | 1700-1904 |
| Section | Asian |
| Materials | Wood | Skin | Leather |
| Description | Tabla, drum. Dark wood. Head of yellow skin with black circle in center. Leather ring around head and one around base of drum. Strips of leather attached to the rings all around the drum. Seven cylindrical blocks of wood placed between the body and the leather strips. Each block of wood has three painted stripes(either a combination of green-red-green or black-red-black. |
| Credit Line | Gift of the Philadelphia Museum of Art, 1951 |
| Other Number | 04-308 - Philadelphia Museum of Art Number | L-238-4 - Old Loan Number | M348 - Seder Number |
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