Drum
51-46-212
From: India
Curatorial Section: Asian
| Object Number | 51-46-212 |
| Current Location | Collections Storage |
| Culture | Indian |
| Provenience | India |
| Date Made | 18th Century - 1904 |
| Section | Asian |
| Materials | Wood | Leather |
| Technique | Carved |
| Description | Mridanga. Keg shaped wooden body strung with strips of leather. 7 small wooden cylinders placed between leather strips and body at center of drum. Color of body is dull maroon. Drum is 2-headed with one head slightly smaller in diam. than the other. Shallow linear carvings spaced around drum body. Good condition. |
| Credit Line | Gift of the Philadelphia Museum of Art, 1951 |
| Other Number | 04-307 - Philadelphia Museum of Art Number | L-238-212 - Old Museum Number | M382 - Seder Number |
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