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Drum

Date1875-1925 ca.
Place MadeSarawak, Borneo, Malaysia, Asia
Serial No.none
Signednone
Markingsn/a
DescriptionBowl-shaped wooden body, open at the bottom, with cow or goat-skin head attached with rattan laces. Traces of white fur on the head, which is tuned by tightening the laces. Frame drums such as this appear throughout Malasyia.
Their specific musical functions vary according to region, they are generally played to accompany ceremonial or theatrical songs and dances.

This drum may be from the Iban tribe of the Dayaks, an indigneous people of Malaysia on the island of Borneo, also referred to as Sea Dayaks. Examples like this have also been known among the Temiar people of the Malay Peninsula.
DimensionsDiameter: 400 mm
Height: 160 mm
ProvenancePurchased in 1977 from H. M. Lissauer, Melbourne, Australia.
Credit LineBoard of Trustees, 1977
Object number02329
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