Drum
A989
From: Sri Lanka
Curatorial Section: Asian
| Object Number | A989 |
| Current Location | Collections Storage |
| Culture | Sinhalese |
| Provenience | Sri Lanka |
| Section | Asian |
| Materials | Wood | Membrane |
| Description | Ceremonial drum, shallow grooved wooden body with multicolored stripes ( two yellow, two gold, one red, one black ). One skin head held by nails. Diameter 40 cm. Skin cracked, body badly cracked in two places and warped. |
| Credit Line | Purchased at the Louisiana Purchase Exposition / St. Louis World's Fair; subscription of Mrs. Sarah (William D.) Frishmuth, 1905 |
| Other Number | M-unknown - Seder Number |
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