Friction Drum
2003-87-3
From: India
Curatorial Section: Asian
| Object Number | 2003-87-3 |
| Current Location | Collections Storage |
| Culture | Indian |
| Provenience | India |
| Date Made | -1950 |
| Section | Asian |
| Materials | Wood | Bamboo |
| Description | Pot of wood roughly carved out, open at top, bottom covered with a membrane. 2 bamboo slats, formed from a single cane split apart, attaches to opposite sides of top of pot (forming pyramid shape). single tuning peg at top where slats join - dark simple carved wood. One gut string running from peg and attaching to center of membrane. Pot has simple decoration of groups of grooves encircling it. Good condition. String detached, membrane warped. [per Musical Instrument Card] |
| Credit Line | Gift of the Philadelphia Commercial Museum (also known as the Philadelphia Civic Center Museum), Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, 2003 |
| Other Number | L-239-3 - Old Loan Number |
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