Drum, ceramic, w/ reptileskin head; wheel-thrown ceramic body w/ cord-marked incised design; lizard skin head lashed to body w/ string & fiber; L. 22.7 cm X Dia (base) 9.5 cm. -05) same as above except for snake skin head; L. 23.0 cm X Dia 9.5 cm.
Donor:
Albert Knowles Ryerson
Collection place:
Cambodia
Verbatim coll. place:
Southeast Asia; Cambodia unspec.
Collector:
Albert Knowles Ryerson
Collection date:
unknown
Materials:
Ceramic (material) and Skin (collagenous material)
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Drums (membranophones)
Function:
5.4 Secular and Religious Musical Instruments
Accession date:
July 12, 1990
Context of use:
Musical instrument used in village (as opposed to professional) orchestras
Department:
Asia (except western Russia)
Dimensions:
base— diameter 9.5 centimeters and base— length 22.7 centimeters
Loans:
S1994-1995 #9b: SFO Museum (May 5, 1995–June 12, 1995)