Drum
A984A
From: Sri Lanka
Curatorial Section: Asian
| Object Number | A984A |
| Current Location | Collections Storage |
| Culture | Sinhalese |
| Provenience | Sri Lanka |
| Date Made | -1904 |
| Section | Asian |
| Materials | Wood |
| Description | Two headed ceremonial drum, hourglass shaped wood body, encircled by black, red, yellow and green stripes ( painted ). Drumstick is black wood and its handle is 33.5 cm long. Condition poor, both heads torn, strings tangled (the one running top to bottom holding heads to body) and one stick missing. |
| Credit Line | Purchased at the Louisiana Purchase Exposition / St. Louis World's Fair; subscription of Mrs. Sarah (William D.) Frishmuth, 1905 |
| Other Number | M-43 - Seder Number |
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