Explore

Showing results

Hide images

drum

Wood drum with nine triangular projections around the waist serving as a cleats for the coir cords which secure the fish-skin drumhead or tympanum. The chamber and six legs have chevron engraving, with a faint horizontal black/red dyed sequence. A rough hole is cut between the chamber and the base.

  • Maker:
  • Collection:
    British Museum
  • Inventory number:
    Loading...
  • Place of production:
  • Culture:
  • Period:
  • Materials:
  • Specific materials/techniques:
  • Decorative elements:
  • Inscriptions:
  • Hornbostel-Sachs category:
  • Repository:British Museum