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Pellet drum.

Technical description: Double-skin handled frame drum with membrane nailed on with carpet tacks, mounted on handle. Two pellets attached to body with tacks. Head diameter 77.

  • Date:
    Early 20th Century
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    University of Edinburgh
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  • Place of production:
    South Asia (?, possibly Himalayan area)
  • Hornbostel-Sachs classification:212.242.32-7
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  • Hornbostel-Sachs category:212.242.32-7
  • Repository:University of Edinburgh
  • Measurements:251