Drum

Museum number:

7-5504

Permalink:

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Alternate number:

Y-22 (original number)

Accession number:

Acc.2501

Description:

Pottery drum (darabuka) with pedestal base, bowl-shaped top; yellow, green, and brown glaze in scallop and drip pattern on red-brown glaze ground; height 30 cm; head damaged while drum on exhibit at UCLMA in 1969.

Donor:

University Appropriation and William G. Lockwood

Collection place:

Skopje, Skopje Region, Macedonia

Culture or time period:

Macedonian (modern culture) and Romani people

Collector:

William G. Lockwood

Collection date:

1967

Materials:

Ceramic (material)

Object type:

ethnography

Object class:

Drums (membranophones) and Pottery

Function:

5.4 Secular and Religious Musical Instruments

Accession date:

1969

Context of use:

To accompany both dance and vocal music; used only by urbanites and, primarily, gypsies and other Muslim minorities; similar to Turkish instrument and Arabic dumbeg; Orthodox Macedonian peasants use an entirely different style drum (tupan).

Department:

Europe and western Russia (except Classical Mediterranean)

Comment:

Materials, techniques: pottery, leather (probably sheepskin), glaze, cordage, glue

Loans:

S1970-1971 #147: University of Washington (June 23, 1971–October 8, 1971), S1974-1975 #4: University Art Museum (UC Berkeley) (July 19, 1974–February 7, 1975), S1974-1975 #67: Civic Arts Center (Walnut Creek) (February 5, 1975–May 7, 1975), and S1977-1978 #2: Music Library (UC Berkeley) (July 27, 1977–October 6, 1977)

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