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Cymbals

Vernacular name:Rol-mo
Vernacular name:Sbub-chal
Date: 1865 ca.
Place Made:Tibet, Asia
Serial No: none
Signednone
Markingsnone
DescriptionTwo bronze cymbals with large central bosses. Leather handles.

Typically played in a roughly horizontal (diagonal) position, utilizing short vertical strokes.
DimensionsDiameter: 11-5/8 in (295 mm)
Knob diameter: 6 in (150 mm)
Knob depth: 3 in (76 mm)
ProvenancePurchased in 1977 from H. M. Lissauer, Melbourne, Australia.
Terms
Credit Line: Board of Trustees, 1977
Not on view
Published ReferencesCross, Thomas E., Instruments of Burma, India, Nepal, Thailand and Tibet, SMM Catalog, II (1982), p. 29.
Cross, Thomas E., Instruments of Burma, India, Nepal, Thailand and Tibet, M.M. Thesis, University of South Dakota, May 1983, p. 73, plate XXVII.
Object number: 02328