Drum

51-46-33

From: Sri Lanka

Curatorial Section: Asian

Object Number 51-46-33
Current Location Collections Storage
Culture Sinhalese
Provenience Sri Lanka
Date Made 18th Century - 1906
Section Asian
Materials Wood | Membrane | Textile
Technique Braided
Description

Double ceremonial drum. Shells of wood with heads of skin. Three red cloth braidings holding drums together at top. Three sticks: 2 wood, 1 metal. Wooden stick bridge wrapped in hide strips joining drums at bottom.

Credit Line Gift of the Philadelphia Museum of Art, 1951
Other Number '06-284 - Philadelphia Museum of Art Number | l-238-33 - Old Museum Number | M377 - Seder Number

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