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Military snare drum
Military snare drum with brass shell and wooden counterhoops. Combination of rope and rod tension. Heads missing and hoops are disassembled.
- Date:
second half of 19th century - Maker:
Colas, Robert - Collection:
National Army Museum - Inventory number:
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Paris (Timezone: Europe/Paris) - Hornbostel-Sachs classification:211.212.11 Individual double-skin cylindrical drums, one skin used for playing
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- Inscriptions:Stamped on shell: (inside oval cartouche) RUE MICHEL LE COMTE 25 / COLAS / ROBERT / SUCEUR / A PARIS|Engraved on presentation shield plate: This / DRUM ORIGINALLY BELONGED TO / Hicks Pashas Armn / IN THE Soudan WHICH WAS ANNIHILATED / ON NOV 5TH 1883 / AND WAS SUBSEQUENTLY RECOVERED / AT THE ACTION OF THE ATBARA ON / THE 8TH April 1898 / AND WAS Presented TO THE Battn / BY / Maj Genl Cataere. / COMMANDING / THE / BRITISH BRIGADE / THERE
- Hornbostel-Sachs category:211.212.11 Individual double-skin cylindrical drums, one skin used for playing
- Repository:National Army Museum
- Measurements:Height: 200mm; Diameter: 390mm