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Start Over Object class Membranophones (drums and other instruments that produce sound via vibrating membranes) Collection place Xizang autonomous region (Tibet), Tibetan Pleatau, China Loans S1974-1975 #4: University Art Museum (UC Berkeley) (July 19, 1974–February 7, 1975)
Hearst Museum object titled Drum, accession number 9-10997, described as cymbal, ritual; brass, bone, leather; used by anyone during religious ceremonies as part of ritual; cymbal struck with bone striker; used to call the ghosts of the dead to be given a food offering (fide Professor Lewis Lancaster, UCB Oriental Languages Department ca. 1976)
Hearst Museum object titled Hand drum, accession number 9-5151, described as Hand drum (Damaru); hourglass-shaped; parts of two human calvaria joined together by wooden disk decorated by miniature skulls; green leather drum heads; diameter 5.25 inches; trailer of silk tassels, beads, etc.; length 29 inches

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