Drum
51-4-53A
From: Tibet
Curatorial Section: Asian
| Native Name | Damaru |
| Object Number | 51-4-53A |
| Current Location | Collections Storage |
| Culture | Tibetan |
| Provenience | Tibet |
| Date Made | 1800 - 1935 |
| Section | Asian |
| Materials | Wood | Skin | Cloth | Paint | Leather | Cowrie Shell | Silk | Silver | Carnelian | Glass |
| Description | Drum (Damaru). Polished wood with skin drumheads painted green. Short, circular, with short waist around which is a loop of the cloth and leather carrying band ornamented with 5 groups each of 4 cowries; long pendant of cloth with silk tassels, ornamented with silver disc, carnelian, silver(?) and glass beads. Such drums were originally made of human skull and human skin. The cowries indicate it is an old type. |
| Credit Line | Gift of Mrs. Robert R. Service, 1951 |
| Other Number | 4 - Other Number |
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