Drum

Museum number:
18-1671
Permalink:
ark:/21549/hm21180001671
Accession number:
Acc.4655
Description:
Drum, wood; hollowed-out log, with flaring base and straight sides near diaphragm; transverse incision at mid point of drum; stretched leather diaphragm, held in place by bamboo lashings; tension maintained by four wood tapered pegs; puncture in diaphragm; dark brown finish. Per L.E. Dawson, this is not a talking drum; talking drums have adjustable diaphragms on which notes can be changed by putting or releasing tension on diaphragm lashings. Collector’s note reads “200 years old ‘Terbang’” [as of 1994]. Height 74.5 cm. Rim Diameter 12.7 cm.
Donor:
Wyn Sargent
Collection place:
Borneo, Indonesia
Verbatim coll. place:
Brunai, Southeast Asia
Culture or time period:
Dayak peoples and Indonesian
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Drums (membranophones)
Function:
5.4 Secular and Religious Musical Instruments
Accession date:
October 4, 1994
Department:
Asia (except western Russia)
Images:
Hearst Museum object titled Drum, accession number 18-1671, described as Drum, wood; hollowed-out log, with flaring base and straight sides near diaphragm; transverse incision at mid point of drum; stretched leather diaphragm, held in place by bamboo lashings; tension maintained by four wood tapered pegs; puncture in diaphragm; dark brown finish. Per L.E. Dawson, this is not a talking drum; talking drums have adjustable diaphragms on which notes can be changed by putting or releasing tension on diaphragm lashings. Collector’s note reads “200 years old ‘Terbang’” [as of 1994]. Height 74.5 cm. Rim Diameter 12.7 cm.
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Drum, accession number 18-1671, described as Drum, wood; hollowed-out log, with flaring base and straight sides near diaphragm; transverse incision at mid point of drum; stretched leather diaphragm, held in place by bamboo lashings; tension maintained by four wood tapered pegs; puncture in diaphragm; dark brown finish. Per L.E. Dawson, this is not a talking drum; talking drums have adjustable diaphragms on which notes can be changed by putting or releasing tension on diaphragm lashings. Collector’s note reads “200 years old ‘Terbang’” [as of 1994]. Height 74.5 cm. Rim Diameter 12.7 cm.

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