Drum

Drum with one skin, the body made from two strips of wood, possibly beech, with two removable circular wooden rim hoops, each painted with a wavy cream line. The outside of the drum is painted with a black base on which are painted green foliate patterns, a blue shield with the letter S in red, and red strap work edged with cream and painted in gold decorative lettering: SANGER'S CIRCUS BAND. The one remaining skin is clamped to the body of the drum with eight metal bars. Inside the drum are sixteen steel screw heads holding the metal bars in place. There is a sound hole inside the drum, its edges painted black, and inside the drum had been painted, quite faintly in black paint: 'I LOVE GEOFFREY BUTLER x'