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Custom snare drum owned by Will Calhoun

African American Museum

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    Object Details

    Manufactured by

    Mapex, Taiwanese, founded 1989

    Used by

    Will Calhoun, American, born 1964

    Manufactured by

    Remo, Inc., American, founded 1957

    Subject of

    Living Colour, American, founded 1984

    Description

    A custom made Mapex Black Panther 14-inch snare drum played by Will Calhoun in performances with the band Living Colour. The shell is highly polished silver colored metal with an overlay of etched steel featuring bands of Egyptian art designs of human figures in profile and hieroglyphs. The drum has a silver metal rim and ten silver metal lugs for the drum heads on the top and bottom. Between two sets of lugs is a metal mount to attach the drum to a drum stand. On the opposite side of the drum is another silver metal piece of hardware that holds the snare tight across the bottom of the drum. There is a black and gold oval plaque to the proper left of the drum mount which reads [PRECIOUS METAL series / S00417 CHINA]. On the opposite side of the drum is another black and gold plaque with the Black Panther logo. The drumhead is a Remo Weatherking Coated Ambassador made of coated mylar film. The underside of the drum is a Remo Weatherking Ambassador drumhead made of clear mylar film, it also features the Black Panther logo at the top edge of the drumhead. The metallic snare is stretched across the bottom of the drum and attached via plastic tabs to the adjustable metal hardware on the sides of the drum.

    Credit Line

    Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Gift of Will Calhoun

    Date

    2005

    Object number

    2015.14.7

    Restrictions & Rights

    No Known Copyright Restrictions
    Proper usage is the responsibility of the user.

    Type

    snare drums

    Medium

    metal, mylar, plastic

    Dimensions

    6 1/2 × 18 × 16 in. (16.5 × 45.7 × 40.6 cm)

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    National Museum of African American History and Culture Collection

    Classification

    Musical Instruments

    Exhibition

    Musical Crossroads

    On View

    NMAAHC (1400 Constitution Ave NW), National Mall Location, Culture/Fourth Floor, 4 053

    Data Source

    National Museum of African American History and Culture

    Topic

    African American
    Funk (Music)
    Instrumentalists (Musicians)
    Metal (Music)
    Popular music
    Rock and roll (Music)

    Metadata Usage

    CC0

    Link to Original Record

    http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/fd573b64f53-95ab-4ae2-a9fa-6a91e2e2538e

    Record ID

    nmaahc_2015.14.7

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