Drum With 2 Heads - Antique Temple Drum

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Object Details

Donor Name

First Japanese Trading Company

Notes

From card: "A cylindrical shell of black lacquered wood. Two heads of paper nailed to shell with large headed nails. The heads are painted with flowers in colors and geometrical designs in black. One head broken. Illus. in Bulletin 136, USNM, Pl. 28-B, p. 141."

Per card, this was originally catalogued as Japanese, but reidentified as Korean by Chang-su Houchins 9-4-1981.

Record Last Modified

19 May 2020

Specimen Count

Culture

Korean

Accession Date

1890

Accession Number

022854

USNM Number

E94665-0

Object Type

Drum

Place

Korea, Asia

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Data Source

NMNH - Anthropology Dept.

Topic

Ethnology

Metadata Usage

CC0

Link to Original Record

http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/3067ed65b-1fbc-4a5c-bdff-02ae231c9faf

Record ID

nmnhanthropology_8488505